Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned?

Native predators like owls and goannas are dying from eating poisoned rats and mice. Wildlife experts are shocked the ...
Opinion

COLUMNIST: Rat poison is killing more than rats

While many view Los Angeles as a concrete jungle, there's another side of the city more akin to the wild. L.A. lies within a biodiversity hot spot, with ecologically rich habitats such as the Santa ...

DC’s growing rat problem spurs unusual solution: Dogs hunting rodents in city alleys

In the Adams Morgan neighborhood, as crowds poured out of restaurants and into nearby bars, something else was stirring in ...
WBEZ

Rat birth control, a more ‘humane’ alternative to managing rodents, comes to Wicker Park and Bucktown

For 10 years in a row, Chicago has been deemed “America’s rattiest city” by Orkin Pest Control. The city really wants to shake off the title — and a new effort in the Wicker Park and Bucktown ...