They are wildlife, too, but they are mostly overlooked in wildlife research. They are the rats that roam our cities! Our guest and rat detective, Dr Kaylee Byers, is part of the Vancouver Rat Project, and studies the pathogens urban rats carry. And as importantly, she studies the rats’ ecology that drives infection patterns. Let’s be honest, humans have tried to control rats since the beginning of time, and they have not been very successful. Hence, we need a new approach which the Vancouver Rat Project delivers.

Listen in to how rats rule Vancouver, how Kaylee’s Canadian home province managed to stay rat-free and what it is that makes Kaylee so passionate about science communication.

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