If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps ...

New York has come up with a novel approach to its infamous rat problem - targeting the rodents with birth-control pills. Under a plan approved by the city's council, contraceptive pellets will be ...

Despite their pervasiveness, the common brown rats you see scurrying around subway tracks and garbage bags aren’t native to New York. According to a plaque on this monument that popped up in The ...

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