With about 1 out of 10 American homes reporting a residential rodent sighting in the past year, the good news is that there are plenty of effective solutions—both lethal and nonlethal—to address the ...

White vinegar can serve as a helpful deterrent in mild rat infestations or as a preventative measure. Its sharp, pungent aroma is no friend to rodents, who rely heavily on scent trails to find food ...

Sounds of scratching, gnawing, rustling or squeaking in your home at night could be signs of a rat infestation. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Old World rats breed ...

Heavy rains have prompted public health officials in Washington to warn residents about toilet rats, a rare plumbing ...

After days of heavy rain, King County officials are warning Seattle-area residents that rats could emerge from their toilets.

If successful, the pilot would take about a year to gather data to record its effectiveness. Love is in the air for squeakhearts — and city lawmakers want to stop them from becoming new parents.

In Somerville, Massachusetts just outside of Boston, everyone has a horror story about the rats. Adaline Lining says they ruined Christmas for her last year. She had received a delivery of Bartlett ...

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death.