Sounds of scratching, gnawing, rustling or squeaking in your home at night could be signs of a rat infestation. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Old World rats breed ...

"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 ...

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SenesTech, Inc. (SNES), the leader in fertility control for pest management, today announced the Town of Swampscott has launched a groundbreaking pilot ...

Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some ...

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 ...

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.

After California and other states restricted the use of highly toxic rat poisons, cities have turned to a new method to try to control their rat populations: birth control. Rather than a pill, the ...

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Boston plans to unleash a blitzkrieg on its rat infestation through a new preventative course of action released by Mayor Michelle Wu’s Office on Wednesday, based on recent research from a renowned ...

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death.

The average rat exterminator cost is $377, with a range of $176 to $580 possible for some infestations. Rat exterminator costs can vary based on several factors, such as home size, infestation ...