Chicago is testing a new rat control method using birth control instead of poison. Bait boxes with rat birth control will be placed in alleys in Wicker Park and Bucktown. The three-month pilot ...

Could birth control be the key to curbing Chicago's rat infestation? A new pilot program moving away from rat poison is launching on Tuesday in what has been dubbed America's "rattiest city." ...

now a new effort is being launched by the Chicago Bird Alliance to address the problem. Teaming up with a national nonprofit organization, the advocacy group is administering rat birth control by ...

Construction is expected to start in the coming weeks. Rat Birth Control Pilot Coming To Lincoln Park As Neighbors Try Humane New Approach: With support from the Chicago Bird Alliance and Lincoln Park ...

A Connecticut town is piloting a rodent birth control ... for rats and other rodents. The pellets are being used in pilot programs across the United States, including Boston, Chicago and Marco ...

Then it squeezes down the birth ... lab rats into two groups. The experimental rats received fecal transplants from a pooled preparation from three severely depressed male patients; the control ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may not know this, but rats like to find shelter and warmth under the hood of your car. They even like to snack on the wires. Now, the ABC7 I-Team is uncovering which ...

“Whoa, that's too much money to pay for just a rat,” Baker said in an interview with ABC 7 Eyewitness News Chicago ... Lake View and Portage Park. Pest control experts have seen a sharp ...

Advocates say rodenticides are killing birds of prey, but the pest control lobby says a ban would make dealing with rodents ...

Lost dogs and cats with microchips are held for seven days at Chicago Animal Care and Control before they’re put up for adoption. Microchips, about the size of a grain of rice, are radio ...

“If you take it properly, no egg is released, and no conception takes place,” says Tara Scott, MD, a gynecologic surgeon at the Gynecology Institute of Chicago. Hormonal birth ...