If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth ...

In Somerville, Massachusetts just outside of Boston, everyone has a horror story about the rats. Adaline Lining says they ruined Christmas for her last year. She had received a delivery of Bartlett ...

The capital city is testing out a kinder, gentler approach to reducing the rat population in Bushnell Park, with a strategy straight out of school sex education. Every week, Hartford fills 30 lunchbox ...

"Love is in air" if you happen to live in a city infested with rats. After states, like California, restricted toxic rodenticides, some cities are starting to use a more humane way to control the rat ...

Washington, D.C., is launching a rat birth control program to lower the rodent population in the city. (Carlos Aranguiz, Adobe Stock) BALTIMORE — Washington, D.C., is launching a rat birth control ...

Here’s what to know about the political complications of the rat problem that has plagued some homeowners.

The Environmental Protection Agency has ten regional offices in the country, including one in Atlanta, which closed—like most government buildings—during the pandemic. The agency had planned to return ...

When pest rats and mice decimate populations of native species, pest control is a no-brainer. But what if baiting rats protects threatened songbirds, while poisoning critically endangered owls? This ...

Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in Massachusetts is trying a novel... Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer ...