Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city ...

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 with rodent birth ...

Welp, it's another day in the good ol' US of A. Patrik Giardino / Getty Images In NYC's latest attempts to shrink its rat population (if you recall, last year, the city appointed a "rat czar"), the ...

For at least a decade, California has tried to restrict the use of rat poison so it stops killing all manner of creatures besides rats. So far, it hasn’t worked. When a wild animal preys upon a rat ...

While many view Los Angeles as a concrete jungle, there's another side of the city more akin to the wild. L.A. lies within a biodiversity hot spot, with ecologically rich habitats such as the Santa ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WKRC) - Officials have greenlit a plan to reduce their city's rat infestation using a "rat contraceptive." It should come as no surprise that New York City has a rat problem. A study ...

After Flaco was found dead earlier this year with rat poison in his system (and an apparent case of pigeon herpes), Councilmember Shaun Abreu introduced a bill named for the Eurasian owl that would ...

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