There is new urgency around the rat problem in Boston after researchers found that the city's rodents are carrying a disease common in tropical regions. Some Boston residents say that the city's ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." But a California company says that when it achieved that goal and won a patent for a device ...

Multnomah County rat inspections have fallen by more than half since 2019, and county rat experts don’t know why. “Yeah, that’s a mystery,” said Christopher Roberts, a Multnomah County Public Health ...

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier, and the boom is ...

Boston officials are rolling out new tools and sensors to increase the fight against rat infestations, as residents continue to report a surge in sightings in neighborhoods across the city. Some ...