Could birth control be the key to curbing Chicago's rat infestation? A new pilot program moving away from rat poison is launching on Tuesday in what has been dubbed America's "rattiest city." The new ...

A birth control program targeting rats is coming to Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. On Thursday, 43rd Ward Alderperson Timmy Knudsen introduced a resolution for the privately funded "Rat ...

The "Chicago Rat Hole" captured hearts in Chicago and on social media last year. Researchers analyzed the anatomical ...

No one wants rats scurrying around their neighborhood, but they are a cunning and ever-evasive foe. Now a community near Boston is trying a different approach - rat birth control. Reporter Ari Daniel ...

Rochelle Paulet, Director of Marketing with SenseTech and Evolve Rodent Birth Control, joins John Landecker to discuss the success of rat birth control in some Chicago neighborhoods to combat the rat ...

"Love is in air" if you happen to live in a city infested with rats. After states, like California, restricted toxic rodenticides, some cities are starting to use a more humane way to control the rat ...

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Rats have apparently joined death and taxes as a certainty in the life of some cities and towns. “It’s a very, very smart animal,” said Colin Zeigler, Somerville’s environmental health coordinator.