rats

‘Lost’ for 30 Years, This Giant Woolly Rat Just Showed Up in the Wild

October 24, 2025 · Gadgets

The trend for extinct or thought-to-be-lost creatures might be to revive them, but it’s undeniably cooler to actually prove that they still exist. And the rediscovered giant woolly…

Chicago’s Famous Rat-Shaped Hole Is Actually a Squirrel

October 15, 2025 · Gadgets

It turns out that the iconic “Chicago Rat Hole” is not, in fact, a rat. In 2024, the cartoonish impression of a rat-looking animal in a slab of…

The Rats Won

September 24, 2025 · Gadgets

New York Mayor Eric Adams has waged a years-long campaign against the city’s rats, dubbing them “public enemy number one” and even appointing a “rat czar” to tackle…