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

Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago's so-called “rat hole,” one of the Windy City's weirdest local ...

A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark.

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

But the Windy City’s “rat hole” may not be what it seems. New research into the identity of the creature that caused a sidewalk imprint when it fell into freshly poured cement suggests the culprit is ...

Researchers used methods from paleontology to analyze the quirky local landmark, created when a rodent of a certain size fell into wet concrete.

A viral “rat hole” that captured the imaginations of Chicagoans—and the internet—in 2024 was likely made by a squirrel, not a rat, according to a new study. The sidewalk imprint, dubbed “Splatatouille ...