The prolific rat problem in New York City is caused at least in part by poor food waste disposal, experts say.Gary Hershorn/Getty Images New York City has a pest problem so prolific, the mayor hired a ...

A new front in the war on rats has opened in the race for Brooklyn’s 56th Assembly district — with challenger Eon Huntley in favor of a no-kill, birth-control approach to curbing the exploding rodent ...

If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth ...

New York City has a pest problem so prolific, the mayor hired a dedicated rat czar earlier this year. Previous efforts to reduce the rat problem include brutal traps, poison, and birth control bait.

Rat population exploding in Sydney Experts find the rodents immune to poison READ MORE: How a plague of 'mutating' super rats are taking over Sydney Australia's largest city is facing an exploding rat ...

SAN DIEGO — Residents living in Downtown San Diego told CBS 8 they've seen a major uptick in rats in recent months. "You'll see like 10 of them running up the sidewalk," said Deborah Assadzadeh, an ...