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 ...

After California and other states restricted the use of highly toxic rat poisons, cities have turned to a new method to try to control their rat populations: birth control. Rather than a pill, the ...

The only sound is of snow crunching under her boots. Walking down an alleyway parallel to Woodward Avenue, Laura Mikulski spots what she’s looking for and crouches in front of it: A little hole, maybe ...

You won’t smell a rat! Borough President Eric Adams showed off dozens of dead rats to media assembled outside Borough Hall on Thursday as a demonstration of new rat trapping technology, which can ...

It’s dark and I’m parked in an alley near a lopsided compost bin. I have a notepad, binoculars and a lukewarm cup of coffee — everything needed for a successful stakeout. I am waiting for them. They ...

Tri-Cities residents report increased outdoor rat sightings in 2025, mainly in Kennewick. Health officials cite construction, food waste and foliage as key rat attractants. Authorities urge prevention ...

DEAR JOAN: We have rats in the walls of our house. We have trapped several outside over the past months, but cannot get these. My husband saw a large one go behind the refrigerator. Since then we’ve ...