Rat poison detected in around a third of wild mammal carnivores — including those that don't normally eat rodents, such as mountain lions and gray wolves. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

To the editor: To think that in 2024, humans are still using rodenticides to painfully kill animals should make everyone angry. (“California’s rat poison bans aren’t working. Wild animals and pets are ...

The San Joaquin kit fox, Northern spotted owl and California condor are just some of California’s wildlife that have fallen prey to diphacinone, a type of rat poison. A new law signed yesterday by Gov ...

For 10 years in a row, Chicago has been deemed “America’s rattiest city” by Orkin Pest Control. The city really wants to shake off the title — and a new effort in the Wicker Park and Bucktown ...

Rodenticides are a widespread threat to wildlife. Anticoagulant rodenticides have been found in 83% of bald eagles tested.

Rats are everywhere, just like people. They want what we want: warmth, shelter, food, family. The brown rat, also called the common, street, sewer, wharf, or Norway rat, probably evolved in Mongolia, ...

If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve been losing for years. Although ...

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. A study ...

Starting in spring 2025, parts of Manhattan’s 7th District will participate in a yearlong pilot program implementing rat contraceptives in an effort to reduce rat sightings. A continuation of the city ...

One morning last year, John Gladwin opened the cupboard under his kitchen sink and discovered a bag of soil he'd been storing there was torn to shreds. Days later he noticed a pungent smell too. It ...

I couldn't get it out of his mouth," owner Steve Badgery recalled when his English cocker spaniel William ate the tainted ...

As Tokyo confronts stubborn rat populations, researchers argue the path forward lies in understanding their behavior — not ...