New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control.

Crews will install bait boxes with rat birth control in alleys behind several major stretches of Wicker Park and Bucktown.

Barrett told me about his efforts during our initiation into the NYC ... rat sightings had gone down in 12 of the previous 13 months and promising that a "massive trash revolution strategy ...

tremors New York City officials have tried multiple ways to decrease the rat population, from dealing with garbage and treating rat-prone areas with birth control to flooding rat tunnels with ...

In a world packed with quirky rules and oddball regulations, one law manages to squeak its way to the top. Tucked away in a ...

Arizona-based company SenesTech is deploying rat ‘birth control’ in bait boxes across Wicker Park and Bucktown as part of a ...

It’s “ratatouille” – on a whole new level. A man was recently seen casually eating pieces of a dead rat on a Bronx street, according to stomach-churning video posted to social media.

Council Woman Susan Zhuang is introducing a measure to help cut down on wait times citywide for 311 complaints, including for issues with rats. Zhuang says the measure was drafted in response to ...

The company WISDOM Good Works is expected to partner with New York City in their attempt to manage and maintain the distribution of rat birth control. "It's formulated to target the reproductive ...

This former teacher plans to throw the book at New York City ... of pest control services, Ricky Simeone. Critics suggested it seems redundant to have both a director of rodent mitigation ...