A New York City lawmaker wants to avenge avian icon Flaco, who died with a dangerous amount of rodenticide in his system, by sterilizing rats. Councilmember Shaun Abreu introduced a bill on Thursday ...

Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some scientists and municipal governments asking: is birth control part of the ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Rogers Park residents have ...

MOREAU (NEWS10) – A quiet Sunday evening in Moreau took a disturbing turn when a local mother found her 7-year-old son holding a bright green pellet he had picked up near their backyard swing set.

Ripped trash bags and green rat poison pellets are lining the sidewalks along 7th and Prospect avenues - just steps from where neighbors routinely walk their pets. “It’s absolutely horrific,” said ...