They’re on a mission to put the city’s vermin problem to bed. The Adams administration is unleashing an $877,000 rat death ...

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

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 ...

A brown rat, the species commonly found in New York City and other major cities. Getty Images Benji Jones is an environmental correspondent at Vox, covering biodiversity loss and climate change.

The amateur rat hunter, whose efforts barely make a dent, doesn’t think his hobby is a long-term solution to New York City’s rat problem, but he’s got an equally novel pitch for lawmakers ...

The post Rat Population Surges in NYC, Raising Health Concerns appeared first on Animals Around The ... These rodents can spread diseases like leptospirosis, salmonella, and hantavirus through ...

Joseph Mitchell writes about New York’s rats, whose population increased during the Second World War, and speaks to various experts about the creatures’ habits and the difficulties of ...

Mayor Eric Adams is losing his “war on rats” — in large part because his administration refuses to fully fund a Sanitation Department unit dealing with a backlog of more than 1,700 garbage ...