New York City Council Member Shaun Abreu launched Bill 736, or "Flaco's law." The bill passed on Sept. 26, 2024, and will implement rat contraceptives in areas where trash is containerized. He told ...

Recent study reveals rodents are multiplying especially in metropolises where temperatures are rising most rapidly.

From Ratatouille’s Remy to New York’s infamous pizza rat, there may be no animal more locked into a love-hate relationship ...

Climate change has led to milder winters in Toronto, allowing greater numbers of rats to make it through the season. Content continues below Meanwhile, the warmer seasons have become longer ...

Rats also breed disease. "They transmit and carry more than 50 zoonotic pathogens and parasites that can make people sick," said Richardson. Controlling the population is increasingly difficult ...

You could add a metal ‘kick plate’ to your shed door to prevent entry. Make your compost bin or heap uninviting – don’t add food scraps and keep it moist (which rats don't like) by including plenty of ...

Advisories are in effect across parts of the province — including in southwestern Ontario — with a winter storm set to begin late Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning.A winter weather travel ...

Climate change has led to milder winters in Toronto, allowing greater numbers of rats to make it through the season. Urban ecologist Jonathan Richardson, right, has co-authored a study linking ...

Climate change has led to milder winters in Toronto, allowing greater numbers of rats to make it through the season. Meanwhile, the warmer seasons have become longer, and that's when the rats ...

Public reports of rats are very useful but can be flawed, said field ecologist Parsons. People normally only make a call when they see something “unusual,” he said, and not when rats are ...