MOROGORO, Tanzania — Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception ...

Rat poison also kills other animals like hawks, owls and eagles that eat contaminated rats. It sickens an estimated 10,000 children in the U.S. every year and kills some pets.

Officials said the gas doesn’t pose a risk to humans or non-rats, and the noisy equipment used to deploy the carbon monoxide ...

Looking at the few cities where rat reports are down may help in the fight against rats, Richardson and Corradi said. The answer is not more poison or traps, but prevention, the study said.

NYC’s rat-fighting Mayor Eric Adams is fined over infestation at his own Brooklyn property New York City Mayor Eric Adams is such an enemy of rats that he once called a press conference to ...

Fed up, they are now fighting back. They have formed a WhatsApp group named “The rats at DuPont circle” where more than 120 residents swap hair-raising photos and stories and are putting ...

New Yorkers invited to join 'rat pack' fighting rodents BY Spectrum News Staff New York City PUBLISHED 11:36 AM ET Jul. 28, 2024 PUBLISHED 11:36 AM EDT Jul. 28, 2024 ...

MOROGORO, Tanzania — Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception ...