Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world's largest cities. To control them, people often resort to ...

Teal Quinn was getting ready for bed one night last week when she noticed a flurry of activity on a subreddit for enthusiastic pet rat owners like her. “Lost or Abandoned Rat in Rock Creek Park!” a ...

Rat poison can do more than kill rodents. In Austin, it can also put owls at risk, especially when they eat poisoned mice or rats on a property where rodenticides are used. Texas has three common owl ...

Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s largest cities. To control them, people often resort to ...

Humans have been poisoning rodents for centuries. But fast-breeding rats and mice have evolved resistance to earlier poisons. In response, manufacturers have produced second generation anticoagulant ...

Chicago has spent decades trying to get rid of rats. Traps, poison, you name it. None of it has changed our title as the rattiest city in America, but in the alleys of Lincoln Park, a new experiment ...