Crews will install bait boxes with rat birth control in alleys behind several major stretches of Wicker Park and Bucktown.

New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control.

Chicago has earned the title of "rattiest" city. But a new pilot program in a popular neighborhoods could help to break the ...

Predators like hawks and eagles are getting sick and dying from consuming poisoned rodents. Advocates say there are ...

Chicago is testing a new rat control method using birth control instead of poison. Bait boxes with rat birth control will be ...

Arizona-based company SenesTech is deploying rat ‘birth control’ in bait boxes across Wicker Park and Bucktown as part of a ...

The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a more humane pilot program to try to control the neighborhoods' rat population. Starting Tuesday, rat birth control will be installed in ...

While traditional pest control methods can be effective, they often involve chemicals that could harm rats, other wildlife or ...