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 cemented their ...

Could birth control be the solution to one of Baltimore’s oldest pest problems? It was one of several options explored this week by a Baltimore City Council committee gathered to discuss the city’s ...

(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 ...

"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 ...

A little bit of sex education goes a long way. That’s what Boston’s city councilors are hoping after a 2023 rat birth control pilot program in Jamaica Plain showed promising results in reducing the ...

For the last ten years, pest control company Orkin has crowned Chicago the "rattiest" city in America, with plenty of "infrastructure and environment" like alleys that offer rats plenty of hiding ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky The capital city is testing out a kinder, gentler approach to reducing the rat ...

To control any rat problems that might occur, the Skokie Board of Trustees on Feb. 6 approved a $45,472 contract with pest control company Platinum Pest Solutions. Residents, in properties with four ...

Harvard scientists have created an interface that allows humans to move a rat's tail just by thinking about it. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the ...

Eric Adams is currently facing multiple federal counts of bribery and corruption, but the war on rats stops for no man. Last week, just as the mayor’s legal troubles came to a head, the City Council ...

The only sound is of snow crunching under her boots. Walking down an alleyway parallel to Woodward Avenue, Laura Mikulski spots what she’s looking for and crouches in front of it: A little hole, maybe ...

Like most big cities, Washington, D.C, has a major rat problem. The city also has an excess of feral cats, so a new program takes aim at both issues. Now, if you can stand it, a story about rats, cats ...