In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at rat ...

Discover how to build a humane mousetrap using only paper and everyday household items. This step-by-step tutorial covers every detail, from crafting sturdy paper tubes to assembling a clever bait ...

Few city rats have left their mark on the public consciousness — and the urban landscape — like the one responsible for the famed “Chicago rat hole.” (“Pizza Rat” is a notable exception.) But the ...

A year after it sparked worldwide attention, scientists have settled one of Chicago’s strangest viral mysteries—revealing that the so-called “Chicago rat hole” was not actually made by a rat.

Chicago’s viral ‘Rat Hole’ is less rat splat, more squirrel squish. Researchers determined it was probably a squirrel that left a rodent-shaped impression in the concrete of the Windy City. Their new ...

A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark. To put the rodent-shaped impression into context, a team of ...

Reducing the city's rat population, without harming urban wildlife. That's the goal of the Chicago Rat Project at Lincoln Park Zoo. To further that mission, researchers are testing a new, plant-based ...

Peter Banks receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Hermon Slade Foundation and the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Jenna Bytheway does not work for, consult, own ...

CHICAGO — A rat birth control pilot program is being expanded to the city’s Lincon Park neighborhood. 43rd Ward Alderman Timmy Knudsen announced Thursday the ‘Rat Contraceptive Pilot.’ The program is ...

A birth control program targeting rats is coming to Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. On Thursday, 43rd Ward Alderperson Timmy Knudsen introduced a resolution for the privately funded "Rat ...

The city just opened its latest front on its war against its most hated rodents — lacing rat bait around the city with birth control. The program kick-started on city property in Harlem last week — ...