Rat birth control is a subject everyone in Boston seems to have an opinion on. A pilot program was conducted in Jamaica Plain ...

In Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood in southern Boston, residents in Hyde Square swapped out rat poison for birth control, ...

From poison to redesigned trash cans, New York City has tried everything to prevent rats from overrunning its streets—except accepting them.

City officials said pilot program in Jamaica Plain didn't prove effective, but a nonprofit said there were fewer rats around ...

The city’s most populous borough is also crowded with New York’s most hatable pest, giving it another title: the most ...

Boston City Council said no to rat birth control after a pilot program showed more complaints of rats than the year before.

Mayor Kenneth Hopkins said city officials have discussed using rat birth control or importing possums, while City Council ...

City leaders discussed the latest steps that’ve been taken to address the “number one complaint” across Boston at a city ...

A pilot program has been testing out ways to curb the Boston rat population without using poison.People in one Jamaica Plain ...

The Boston City Council will be discussing how the city is reducing its rat population – a pilot program has been testing out ...

Nearly 70% of global communities will likely be living in urban areas by 2050, according to the United Nations. Rats will, ...