The small white utility van comes to a stop along the curb in the 500 block of North Glover Street. Donald Brooks, a 43-year veteran with the Department of Public Works’ Rat Rubout program opens the ...

Dragging the weighted black bait box out from the brush with his boots, Ryan Campbell wiped a few beads of sweat from his forehead. The 30-year-old service technician for Rose Pest Control was about ...

Multnomah County rat inspections have fallen by more than half since 2019, and county rat experts don’t know why. “Yeah, that’s a mystery,” said Christopher Roberts, a Multnomah County Public Health ...

BRONX, New York (WABC) -- A man recently died from an infection linked to rat urine in the Bronx, and that news sparked panic at another building. Residents say they have been dealing with an ...

Victor Vasquez, a manager with Truckee Meadows Pest Control, sees a lot of rats. "We get calls every day for (rats)," Vasquez said. "Some days are lighter than others, majority are in Incline and in ...

From what he’s seen on the job, rats are here to stay across the Treasure Valley. He’s seen them from Northwest Eagle to Southwest Boise. Locals have spotted both Norway rats — the classic brown ...

Wearing a neon Department of Public Works coat on a December morning, exterminator Terry Stringfield opened a gate in Northeast Baltimore and walked the fence line looking for evidence of Baltimore’s ...

Let’s face it — as New Yorkers, we have certainly seen our fair share of ugly rats. They’re in the parks, in the subway, and if you’re particularly unlucky, in your apartment building. But this rat — ...

You could call it rata-tour-y. New York City has always been at war with rats, from when they jumped from ship to shore in the 18th century to the city’s anti-rat campaign today. Over many decades, ...