If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth ...

I don’t think the rats are an issue,” one lawmaker said. “I think the real problem is that every issue becomes an expansion ...

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 ...

In Somerville, Massachusetts just outside of Boston, everyone has a horror story about the rats. Adaline Lining says they ruined Christmas for her last year. She had received a delivery of Bartlett ...

If successful, the pilot would take about a year to gather data to record its effectiveness. Love is in the air for squeakhearts — and city lawmakers want to stop them from becoming new parents.

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.

Eric Adams is currently facing multiple federal counts of bribery and corruption, but the war on rats stops for no man. Last week, just as the mayor’s legal troubles came to a head, the City Council ...

Several drugs that stop rats from having pups are in development and could be in use within 10 years ...

Optimum Pest Control expands rat control services in NYC with fast inspections, targeted treatments, and prevention ...