Every Bostonian knows that our city faces a significant rodent issue. Unfortunately, we rank among the top cities in the United States for rat and mouse infestations. As a city councilor, I am ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WKRC) - Officials have greenlit a plan to reduce their city's rat infestation using a "rat contraceptive." It should come as no surprise that New York City has a rat problem. A study ...

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Swampscott animal advocate Deb Newman is looking forward to the implementation of a pilot program aimed at curbing the rat population in town without the gruesome collateral damage to ...

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 ...

Modern civilization has collectively decided that rodents are bad. We tend to feel the same way about most other creatures that are considered "pests," like ants, cockroaches, and other insects, but ...

After California and other states restricted the use of highly toxic rat poisons, cities have turned to a new method to try to control their rat populations: birth control. Rather than a pill, the ...

Chicago is launching a yearlong pilot program in the 43rd Ward using non-toxic contraceptive pellets to reduce rat populations without harming wildlife. The $40,000 initiative is a partnership between ...

DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) — The City of Dearborn has launched a new attack on rats. In addition, using rat poison and other measures above ground, the pest control ...