Unlike most rats, this one has a name, Plume, and gets to enjoy the rare privilege of wandering around Paris on the shoulder of its owner, a local politician. Gregory Moreau, a Paris district deputy ...

PARIS -- Rats are on the rampage in the elegant garden of the Louvre Museum, so bold they romp on the grass in broad daylight, defying death threats from sanitation workers and scaring tourists. The ...

Paris has a fabled relationship with rats, as the film Ratatouille referenced. But unlike the much-loved animated movie, they are not always determined chefs well-versed in French cuisine. Mostly, ...

It is forecast to rain in Paris on Friday, and for organisers of the Olympic Games, that could be a problem. Not because the rain might put out the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony (this ...

Rats are a feature of Paris life and have been immortalised in literature and film A strike by garbage collectors last year was an bonanza for rats While the Paris Olympics is set to be a festival of ...

Ulrike KOLTERMANN/AFP/AFP It has black button eyes and long, thin whiskers that tremble when it looks around curiously. Unlike most rats, this one has a name, Plume, and gets to enjoy the rare ...

While the Paris Olympics is set to be a festival of socialising and intermingling, city authorities are keen for visitors not to encounter any of the capital's notorious furry inhabitants. Humourously ...