Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city ...

If successful, the pilot would take about a year to gather data to record its effectiveness. Love is in the air for squeakhearts — and city lawmakers want to stop them from becoming new parents.

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 ...

A rat control experiment is halfway into its one-year pilot, and the alder pushing the project wants to see the concept ...

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death.

Chicago's rodent problem is well known, but a new pilot program testing rat birth control to curb the population in problem areas is underway to help rein it in.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For the 10th consecutive year, Orkin dubbed Chicago the "rattiest" city in America in 2024. Now, there is a new approach: rat birth control. The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of ...

(NEW YORK) — New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have ...