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 ...

How's this as a way to get rid of rats? Birth control. Arizona-based SenesTech — through its ContraPest product — has figured out a way to make male and female rats infertile for months, driving down ...

"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 ...

Sounds of scratching, gnawing, rustling or squeaking in your home at night could be signs of a rat infestation. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Old World rats breed ...

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.

Finding out you have a rat infestation often comes down to tiny pieces of evidence: gnaw marks, nests, scratches, and, yes, poop. Besides being gross, rat poop can easily spread diseases like ...

The first sign of a problem might be scratching sounds coming from the attic, or a chewed-through bag of seed or pet food in the garage. Oh, rats. Smart, nocturnal and quick to reproduce, the known ...

Mayoral candidate and Ward 4 Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George introduced the RAT Act, which would boost oversight for pest ...