There is new urgency around the rat problem in Boston after a researchers found that the city's rodents are carrying a ...

The privately funded "Rat Contraceptive Pilot" uses non-toxic contraceptive pellets to reduce the rat population in Chicago.

The pilot program will bring rat contraceptives to Lincoln Park later this summer, Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) announced in a ...

Chicago is expanding its fight against rats — and it's not using poison. A North Side alderman is launching a pilot program that will use rat contraceptives to tackle the city’s growing rodent problem ...

A mosaic called "Hot Rat Summer," featuring Saint Rat, can be found in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. The city of Seattle painted over the mosaic with gray paint, sparking a community fight over ...

Dragging the weighted black bait box out from the brush with his boots, Ryan Campbell wiped a few beads of sweat from his ...

A widely reported study relies on weak data, inaccurate statistics, and misleading references to support its claims.

A symbol of Capitol HIll’s “Hot Rat Summer” has been restored — partially — on the historic Cal Anderson Gatehouse. Dedicated neighbors, artists, and two members of ...

Boston is having a rat summer; Rat Walk highlights one neighborhood's rodent hotspots. Allston Rat Walk aims to educate neighbors on best-practices in notoriously “ratty” areas of Boston.

The rat bag is a black garbage bag that the Ratscallions tote around in a wagon, along with a first-aid kit and water for their dogs. After a dog kills a rat, a member of the group will put on ...