In the city where pizza rats are as famous as pigeons, New York is trying a new tactic in its long war against rodents: birth control. Starting April 26, the city began distributing contraceptive ...

Discover natural ways to deter rats from your kitchen using strong-smelling ingredients like coffee grounds, peppermint oil, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was bad for so many reasons. Beyond the obvious problem of so many people getting sick at once, the economy suffered, education fell behind, and we suffered socially. However, it ...

Rats are taking to empty streets in search of food as they usually do, but something is stopping them in their tracks: there isn’t any food to munch on. Stay-at-home orders and business closures ...

Last year local authorities dealt with 225,430 residential rat infestations, which shows a 12 per cent rise in callouts since 2020. It is thought there are currently between 200 to 300 million rats in ...

Rats have never been called man’s best friend, and for good reason. They scurry and gnaw, infest and transmit. No one says “Rats!” when they are happy. But let’s give credit where credit’s due. Rats ...

Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” was the reigning Oscar winner for best original song when Nebraska Wesleyan University staged the inaugural Xtreme Rat Challenge in 1974. Babs was back to provide ...