Councilmember Phylicia Porter brought the idea up during a Health, Environment, and Technology Council hearing Wednesday. According to a proposed resolution, Baltimore City's 311 system averages over ...

New York is facing its rat problem head-on. 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 ...

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 ...

A neighborhood in Boston has been testing a pilot program that uses birth control for rats to decrease the city's pest population, 7News Boston reported. In Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood in southern ...

A little bit of sex education goes a long way. That’s what Boston’s city councilors are hoping after a 2023 rat birth control pilot program in Jamaica Plain showed promising results in reducing the ...

Could birth control be the solution to one of Baltimore’s oldest pest problems? It was one of several options explored this week by a Baltimore City Council committee gathered to discuss the city’s ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is winning the rat race, literally. Under the guidance of city rodent control experts, businesses have been controlling how they get rid of food waste. And it's working, just ...

If you've spent time living in Boston, you may be aware that the city has a rat problem. If you've lived here since before the pandemic, then you've probably noticed the rat problem has become much ...

Here in New York City, we humans crown ourselves rulers of the five boroughs—but the kingdom is split. A new field study ...