Lake Zurich plans to buy a site to replace its 45-year-old Fire Station 1 with a larger, modern facility in a different location. Village officials this week authorized the purchase of four acres at ...

What if Earth's perfect distance from the Sun was only half the story? Scientists now believe our solar system's location within the Milky Way itself is a crucial, overlooked factor for life. This ...

The former television producer Wendy Prior Fentress finds the most important background characters for films and shows. Over the past decade, Wendy Prior Fentress’s three-story, Dutch Colonial home ...

A coalition of rattl-ed Brooklynites living on notoriously rodent-infested blocks are pleading with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to bring in a new rat czar – after their calls for the city to renew the ...

A POPULAR bakery chain has abruptly shut up shop at one of its locations just weeks before Christmas. East Bristol Bakery in Bristol has pulled the plug on operations after “trade dropped ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at rat ...

A new demographic label has swept through China’s social-media feeds in recent months: “rat people.” The term, which describes young adults who retreat into small rooms, avoid socializing and spend ...

Advocates for transparency on social media cheered this weekend when X, the app owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, rolled out a new feature that disclosed what the company said were the country ...

The Acuna's Star orchid grows from trees, easily distinguishable by its bright yellow petals. Against tree trunks, the plants stick out easily under Eagle Eye. The Acuna's Star Orchid is involved in ...