A video of a large group of rats near the Burrard SkyTrain station in downtown Vancouver has sparked concerns about a rise in pests in the region and a debate about whether changes in regulations ...

Some are sweet. “I’ve had a wild rat crawl right into my hand,” says Dr. Kaylee Byers, a scientist who has researched Vancouver’s rats. Others are anxious, playful, or ruthless and scrappy.

Rats have always been a global disease threat, but these oft-scorned creatures are surprisingly understudied. Hop on board the Rat Van with a team of pioneering Vancouver scientists as they ...

CBC, The National, Feb. 2024 When the sun goes down, a swarm of rats emerges in downtown Vancouver (online) The Canadian Press, Feb. 2024 Lack of schooling in Olympic village, Rats in Vancouver, & ...

On his website, the Vancouver artist maintains that public ... uproar when he declared he would drop a large cement block on a rat named Sniffy near the corner of Burrard and Robson streets.