New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death.

For centuries, rats have thrived in cities because of human behavior. In response, humans have blamed the rats and developed techniques for poisoning them. We research urban rat populations and ...

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New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented their ...

Thousands in southeast Michigan have joined a movement to stop the use of rat poisons due to the harm they pose to pets and predators. The most common types of rodenticides deployed by pest control ...

New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control. The city says its pilot program goes into effect April 26, distributing pellets to ...

For centuries, rats have thrived in cities because of human behavior. In response, humans have blamed the rats and developed techniques for poisoning them. We research urban rat populations and ...