Last week, just as the mayor’s legal troubles came to a head, the City Council approved a pilot to test rat birth control in the city. “I’m not saying rat contraceptives are going to be a ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WKRC) - Officials have greenlit a plan to reduce their city's rat infestation using a "rat contraceptive." It should come as no surprise that New York City has a rat problem.

When Kaylee Byers joined the Vancouver Rat Project a decade ago, she spent a lot of time explaining to others the threat of zoonotic diseases — starting with what “zoonotic” even means.

New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) common in rats that has recently been found to infect humans. New research ...

Every six weeks, Calhoun would conduct a census of the enclosure’s population by capturing every rat. (Individual rats were marked with metal ear tags.) Sometimes, before releasing the rats ...

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 control. The bill, which passed ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man convicted of child neglect for a rat attack that left his 6-month-old son with disfiguring injuries has been sentenced to the maximum 16 years in prison.

California has become the first state in the nation to restrict use of all blood-thinning rat poisons due to their unintended effect on mountain lions, birds of prey and other animals. Gov.

And there were also his efforts to carry on the fight against rats citywide by naming a “rat czar.” Putting out rat poison, as the city has done for decades, “doesn’t get us far,” Abreu ...

New York has come up with a novel approach to its infamous rat problem - targeting the rodents with birth-control pills. Under a plan approved by the city's council, contraceptive pellets will be ...

“[The DNC wanted] people to infiltrate and spy on our campaign,” Stein told me. “It smells like a rat.” The DNC declined to comment on the job posting. In general, the Greens chafe at the ...