Its rediscovery didn’t come easily. Vejmělka’s team trekked up Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea’s highest peak, at around ...

The now infamous "rat hole," an imprint of a rodent etched into a stretch of concrete in Chicago's North Side, may not have ...

Few city rats have left their mark on the public consciousness — and the urban landscape — like the one responsible for the famed “Chicago rat hole.” (“Pizza Rat” is a notable exception.) But the ...

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CHICAGO — A new study suggests that the city’s iconic “Chicago Rat Hole” is likely the imprint of a completely different rodent. In an article published by The Royal Society, a research team compared ...

The rodent-shaped sidewalk impression has become a beloved local attraction. Turns out Chicago's famous "rat hole" was squirrelly all along. A new study has determined that the famous full-body ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The mystery of that infamous Chicago Rat Hole on the sidewalk may be solved! There was actually research done about it just published in Biology Letters. Scientists believe that ...

In January 2024, Chicagoans paid their respects to a peculiar attraction: a rodent-shaped hole stamped into a slab of sidewalk on the city’s North Side. Nicknamed the Chicago Rat Hole or ...

Chicago’s viral ‘Rat Hole’ is less rat splat, more squirrel squish. Researchers determined it was probably a squirrel that left a rodent-shaped impression in the concrete of the Windy City. Their new ...

CARDIFF City stadium have hit back after a RAT halted play during the second half of Wales’ World Cup qualifier against Belgium. Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made an unsuccessful attempt to ...

A rat ran on the pitch during the second half of Belgium's win over Wales on Monday. Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Offside via Getty Images With Halloween right around the corner, Wales and Belgium were ...

A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark. To put the rodent-shaped impression into context, a team of ...