Public attention surrounding hantavirus outbreaks often focuses, understandably, on the immediate health risks associated with rodent exposure.

Mice like dishwashers for three reasons: warmth, water, and food. However, pest control pros say keeping mice out is ...

Rats and mice have been living with humans for centuries — and humans have been working for just as long to keep them at bay. These animals sometimes contribute to public health risks and problems in ...

No one wants to find mice in their home, and if you see one, a whole family is likely hidden nearby. Such pests seek out food and warmth, gaining access to homes through gaps, crevices, and holes.

In the name of preventing a rodent apocalypse, pest-control companies and property owners use highly lethal rodenticides. The ...

Rat poisons, or, more formally, rodenticides, remain a go-to for rodent control and can pose a danger to pets. One D.C.-area ...

If you spotted a snake in your garden this season and reached for a shovel or a bottle of repellent, you just fired your best employee. Every gardener who has spent years chasing snakes off their ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WKRC) - Officials have greenlit a plan to reduce their city's rat infestation using a "rat contraceptive." It should come as no surprise that New York City has a rat problem. A study ...

WASHINGTON — Class is in session as the District tackles a major problem. We're talking about the city's rodent control academy. The city's health department brings together pest control professionals ...