Crews will install bait boxes with rat birth control in alleys behind several major stretches of Wicker Park and Bucktown.

New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control.

Chicago was dubbed the "rattiest" city in America for the tenth consecutive year, according to Orkin. Now, there is a new approach: rat birth control.

Chicago is testing a new rat control method using birth control instead of poison. CHICAGO - Chicago is rolling out a new ...

She fears it is only a matter of time before they get into her home To prevent them, she has been taking action by putting bleach, drain cleaner and rat poison in the manhole, and she has also ...

She fears it is only a matter of time before they get into her home To prevent them, she has been taking action by putting bleach, drain cleaner and rat poison in the manhole, and she has also ...

Otherwise, you'd be overrun with rats", one said. Of our 15 interviewees, ten had previously relied on rat poison. The farmers told us poison was less effective, expensive and unsafe. Rat poison poses ...

The CDC reports there have been 3 cases of hantavirus in Florida. Hantavirus has been found in cotton rats in Florida. There is no treatment for hantavirus. Patients receive supportive care.

Daniella Gray is a Newsweek Family & Parenting Reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on family dynamics, childhood development, parenting styles, U.S. education and current trends in family ...