An alarming new study out of Rutgers University suggests humans are falling behind in the great war to combat rats and indoor mice. The team of researchers found that many of the rodents we come into ...

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 research suggests urban rodents are adapting to poisons and traps in different ways. The findings complicate pest control ...

D.C. is doubling down on efforts to kill rats in some of its most infested neighborhoods by returning to a method the city has tried before: birth control. The approach, this time combined with an ...

A staple 20p ingredient you probably already have at home is excellent at repelling rats and highly effective at keeping ...

Rats are present in almost every city in the world, building their own rat settlements in parallel with human urban infrastructure. Cities are ideal habitats for rats because they offer everything a ...

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Dan Smith is the SMART ...

The Boston City Council is considering deploying birth control to cut down on the city’s rat population as an alternative to killing rodents with poison, which has inadvertently led to the deaths of ...