BACKGROUND The extent of urban areas is increasing around the world, and most humans
now live in cities. Urbanization results in dramatic environmental change, including …

The Norway rat has important impacts on our life. They are amongst the most used research
subjects, resulting in ground-breaking advances. At the same time, wild rats live in close …

Human–wildlife interactions, including human–wildlife conflict, are increasingly common as
expanding urbanization worldwide creates more opportunities for people to encounter …

Biological invasions drive environmental change, potentially threatening native biodiversity,
human health, and global economies. Population genomics is an increasingly popular tool …

Aedes albopictus, the “Asian tiger mosquito,” is an aggressive biting mosquito native to Asia
that has colonized all continents except Antarctica during the last~ 30–40 years. The species …

Human commensal species such as rodent pests are often widely distributed across cities
and threaten both infrastructure and public health. Spatially explicit population genomic …

Defining the pattern of genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii is important to understand its
worldwide distribution. During the last decades, a large number of studies have been …

For several decades, although studies of rat physiology and behavior have abounded,
research on rat emotions has been limited in scope to fear, anxiety, and pain. Converging …

The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) occupies nearly every terrestrial habitat with a human
presence and is one of our most important model organisms. Despite this prevalence, gaps …

In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a
human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering, but it …