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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Recent storms have caused major flooding across Washington in recent weeks, and health officials are now warning residents about an unusual, and unsettling, post-storm risk: rats entering homes ...