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

As the earth gets warmer, there's one species that supposedly will really benefit."Climate Change is amazing," reported ...

The African giant pouched rats, which can grow up to 45 centimeters (around 18 inches) and weigh up to 1.5 kilograms (more than 3 pounds), are on the front line, making their way nimbly across fields ...

Where there are humans, there are rats. But new research says we still have a lot to learn about our furry, often reviled, companions.

The new year is an excellent time to take stock of your pesticides and get rid of those that have expired or are no longer approved for use.

Rats pose numerous dangers to both property and people. If you want to prevent a rat infestation, read our tips on preventative rat control.

Could birth control be the key to curbing Chicago's rat infestation? A new pilot program moving away from rat poison is launching on Tuesday in what has been dubbed America's "rattiest city." The ...

WASHINGTON — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions. A first-of ...

But the latest salvo in this battle is birth control. New York city council signed off on a pilot program last Thursday that would distribute contraceptive pellets called ContraPest in special ...

Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.

Mayor Eric Adams is winning the war on rats — at his Brooklyn home. For the first time since 2023, inspectors found no evidence of vermin at the mayor’s Bedford-Stuyvesant rowhouse, according ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – The City of New York wants you for its new Rat Pack. Alongside the reigning rat czar, Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday announced a new battalion in the city’s ongoing war on… ...