Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some scientists and municipal governments asking: is birth control part of the ...

Two rodent control workers patrol Chicago’s alleys looking for telltale signs of rats. Two rodent control workers show Geoffrey Baer the telltale signs that rats have taken up residence in one of ...

Members of Chicago’s City Council got an update on a pilot program in one neighborhood that uses contraceptive pellets ...

For Lincolnwood homeowners who notice signs of rats in their yard – burrowing, droppings or dirt mounds – the village will ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's Streets and Sanitation Department wants to get a stand-alone Bureau of Rodent Control back in place. The department is presenting their plan to a City Council committee on ...