Once an unusual sight for Glaswegians, the rat sightings are now three times higher than they were a decade ago - making their bolder presence as common as "seeing a pigeon" says the trade union.

The suspected killing of up to 40 pigeons with rat poison is being investigated by police on the Isle of Man. The birds have been found dead around Douglas in recent weeks. Conservationists says ...

City pigeons' diet consists mainly of discarded or leftover food fragments. They scavenge for whatever they can find and have the image of being major disease carriers - "rats with wings" is one ...

Pigeons -- flying rats, rock doves, what have you -- are probably not on anyone's favorite list of fowl, but lately they've been bringing the house down. Well, not houses exactly, but bridges and ...