Welcome to the rat trapper’s dilemma. “Tombstone” rat traps, an early 19th-century design from the collection of Shawn Woods, who hosts a YouTube channel called “Mousetrap Monday.” ...

Easy cleanup: pick the trap up by the edge and toss the dehydrated corpse in the trash—still frozen in the spot where it was trapped. But slow death by dehydration? Even mice and rats deserve to ...

Rats can often be confused with mice, particularly if we presume the worst and don’t actually see the pest. While preventative measures are similar, different traps and options will be more ...