Both cities are now using the Anticimex SMART boxes, which sense, trap, kill, and track the rats. An electric rat trap is seen along the bike path in Somerville. This week the city distributed 50 ...

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams showed off the contraptions Thursday and grossed out reporters in the process with a foul-smelling showcase of about 20 dead rats, notes the New York Times, which ...

It's a tale as old as time. Or is it tail? When thinking of the all the efforts to get rid of rodents, images of Christopher Walken decked out in exterminator gear, tasting droppings plucked up with ...

Rats, a common pest, are a constant source of worry for many households around the world. Now, researchers have used the animals’ own sex pheromones to trap and get rid of these rodents. The brown rat ...

NEW YORK -- New York City's long war against a rising rat population could soon feature a new weapon—a trap that drowns the rodents in a solution with alcohol, reports the New York Post. Brooklyn ...