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 ...

A new pilot program has crews around Chicago installing bait boxes with rat birth control in alleys behind several major ...

Arizona-based company SenesTech is deploying rat ‘birth control’ in bait boxes across Wicker Park and Bucktown as part of a ...

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 ...

In September 2024, the California legislature passed the Poison-Free Wildlife Act, which bans some rat poisons. In the months since, some people have claimed an increased rodent population has ...

The discrepancy occurs in part because people don’t tend to go to the doctor for common symptoms of food poisoning, such as diarrhea or vomiting “unless they’re really, really sick ...

Too much sun can do more than turn your skin red or brown—it can actually make you sick. Sun poisoning is an extreme form of sunburn. It doesn’t only affect your skin; it also causes an inflammatory ...

IF you drink from a plastic water bottle or eat leftovers from plastic containers, you might want to think again. There’s a growing body of evidence to suggest that microplastics - which seep ...