The "Chicago Rat Hole" captured hearts in Chicago and on social media last year. Researchers analyzed the anatomical ...

It turns out that the iconic “Chicago Rat Hole” is not, in fact, a rat.

The sidewalk imprint, dubbed “Splatatouille,” was thought to have been left by an unfortunate brown rat that met its end ...

Despite its online fame, no one ever formally analysed the imprint to confirm what left it in the sidewalk—until now.

"Our analyses offer little support for the hypothesis that the 'Chicago Rat Hole' was made by a brown rat. The specimen's ...

Was the great Chicago rat hole of 2024 actually made by a rat? Researchers who looked at the imprint in the sidewalk slab say probably not!

Scientists, not content to let a not-so-living legend lie, have determined that the viral Chicago "rat hole" was probably ...

This isn't an oddly nicknamed restaurant or a dome-shaped hole in the wall, like something out of "Tom and Jerry." The ...

The Chicago Rat Hole was the city’s hottest new attraction last year. Tourists swarmed to a quiet residential neighborhood to see the decades-old imprint of a rodent pressed into sidewalk concrete.

The team behind the study wrote, “The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ is a remarkable full body impression ostensibly created by a brown ...

The "Chicago Rat Hole," as it was previously known, garnered widespread attention, with admirers "leaving offerings like ...

The year was 2015—a simpler time. Drake and Future had just releasedWhat A Time To Be Alivewhen a lone rat was caught carrying a big ol’ slice of pizza down the subway stairs. Pizza Rat quickly became ...