Northside Chicago is in the beginning stages of implementing rat birth control. The Chicago Department of Streets and ...

Though they're not inherently dirty animals, rats scavenge in sewers and bins and can pass on serious diseases to humans.

Play this video game to try your paw at surviving as Cheddar the D.C. rat They burrow in gardens and shelter in nests of shredded cardboard under stoops. In alleyways, they quench their thirst at ...

Neighbors on Plymouth's northwest side say a rat problem is forcing them to set traps, hire exterminators and lobby city hall ...

Q. My new year’s resolution is to clean out my garage and get rid of any pesticides that are expired, not needed, or harmful to wildlife. How do I find out what I should get rid of? Do fertilizers ...

Ernie Schicchi thinks like a rat. And it’s a valuable way to think right now, with New York City so overridden with rodents that Mayor Adams wants to appoint a “rat czar” to clean up the place. Having ...

You could call it rata-tour-y. New York City has always been at war with rats, from when they jumped from ship to shore in the 18th century to the city’s anti-rat campaign today. Over many decades, ...