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

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

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.

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

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

Ah, rats! Researchers have debunked the origin of Chicago's so-called “rat hole," concluding some other critter was likely ...

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

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

Eastern grey squirrels are more common in Chicago than muskrats or fox squirrels, which led the team to determine there’s a ...

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 ...