Homeless Cats Recruited to Exterminate Washington, DC, Rats

Sure, there's more than one way to skin a rat, but in Washington, DC, some officials are going old school and teaming with a certain fuzzy feline: feral cats.

Philippine Province Under State of Calamity as El Niño Damages 27,000 Hectares of Crops

Local media reported that the government of North Cotabato placed the entire province under a state of calamity as crop damage rose significantly because of the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon, which was aggravated by rat infestation in five towns.

Rats plague Xinjiang grasslands

Rats are ravaging 380,000 hectares of grasslands in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Thursday.