White vinegar can serve as a helpful deterrent in mild rat infestations or as a preventative measure. Its sharp, pungent ...

"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 ...

Heavy rains have prompted public health officials in Washington to warn residents about toilet rats, a rare plumbing ...

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 ...

After days of heavy rain, King County officials are warning Seattle-area residents that rats could emerge from their toilets.

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.

If successful, the pilot would take about a year to gather data to record its effectiveness. Love is in the air for squeakhearts — and city lawmakers want to stop them from becoming new parents.

In Somerville, Massachusetts just outside of Boston, everyone has a horror story about the rats. Adaline Lining says they ruined Christmas for her last year. She had received a delivery of Bartlett ...