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 ...

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 ...

For centuries, rats have thrived in cities because of human behavior. In response, humans have blamed the rats and developed techniques for poisoning them. We research urban rat populations and ...

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.

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 ...

University of Copenhagen researchers have gotten yeast cells to brew triptolide, a substance typically extracted from a rare Chinese plant. Their research makes it possible to control rats 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

NEW YORK - Is birth control the best way to tackle the city's growing rat population? That's what New York City Council members are considering. A set of bills were introduced Thursday that, if passed ...