Toronto's city manager has outlined a plan to address the number of rats in the city as major construction projects and ...

A proposed strategy at council this month would see the hiring of a ‘rat czar’ to oversee a rodent management plan.

When picturing a tour of New York, major attractions such as Times Square, the Empire State Building, or the Statue of ...

The rats found in New York are brown or Norway rats, Rattus norvegicus. Exactly how many live here is anyone’s guess. Jonathan Richardson, a professor of biology at the University of Richmond who ...

New teams will work alongside property owners in making New York City clean and pest-free, the mayor's office announced.

NYC has invested $877,000 in a task force to eradicate rats using carbon monoxide in tree beds, aiming for a significant kill ...

Officials said the gas doesn’t pose a risk to humans or non-rats, and the noisy equipment used to deploy the carbon monoxide ...

Rats are overrunning many Toronto neighbourhoods, and the seemingly non-stop construction across the city is playing a major role in forcing rodents up from the underground. Coun. Alejandra Bravo ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration says it’s hiring new teams to exterminate rats from tunnels under trees on the street.

As part of a growing campaign to reclaim public space, New York City is deploying new rodent-fighting teams to root out ...