In 2020, Hungarian software engineer and neuroscientist Viktor Tóth came up with a fascinating experiment. With the use of a bootstrap experimental setup consisting of a large polystyrene ball, a ...

Heavy rains have prompted public health officials in Washington to warn residents about toilet rats, a rare plumbing nightmare that drives frantic calls to pest control experts. By Amanda Holpuch ...

This PSA had social media clogged with one-liners. A whacky government cartoon warned Seattle residents how to deal with rats that might climb up from flooded sewers into toilets – but social media ...

At 5 p.m. on West 128th Street in Harlem, the rats are already out, and some days it feels like a test of faith. “I would describe it as biblical. It’s epic. It’s unbelievable,” resident Elizabeth ...

What do you call the bad version of a cherry on top, or icing on the cake? For those in King County reeling from back-to-back atmospheric rivers and the ensuing flooding chaos, it might just be toilet ...

Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists. That's because they forage food and build dens, storing fabric, paper, animal bones, plant remains and other materials under floorboards, ...

Here's what to do if you find a rat coming through your toilet following heavy Western Washington rain and floods. It was midnight when Simone Gabara got up to use the restroom in her White Center ...

Washington health officials warned residents that heavy rain and floodwater could sweep rats into the sewer systems and up into their ... well ... toilets! The ...

A chaotic rat fight erupts on the tracks after one rodent discovers half a bagel, setting off a surprisingly long and aggressive confrontation. More rats soon join, transforming the moment into a full ...

Public health officials in Washington state warned residents of the potential for "toilet rats" after record-setting floods hit the state earlier this month. According to an advisory posted on ...

Frightening alert for Washington residents…. Beware of toilet rats. Seattle and King County public health officials issued a warning on Thursday that the recent heavy rain and floodwaters from the ...