An area non-profit organization is planning a pilot study of rat contraceptives, starting this summer near Lincoln Park, in ...

With support from the Chicago Bird Alliance and Lincoln Park Zoo, the pilot aims to reduce the rat population without poison ...

Vermin aren’t the first thing you think of when considering where to relocate, but perhaps they should be. Rats populate ...

Chicago's rat reputation has long been cemented, with Orkin naming the city the country's rattiest city each year for the past decade.

The latest tactic in Chicago's ongoing war against rats is to attack the problem at the source — with birth control instead ...

A funeral will be held Thursday in Kankakee for the late former Illinois Gov. George Ryan. Ryan had recently been moved into ...

A local group that launched the rat birth control pilot this spring will sell the product to neighbors at a reduced price ...

CHICAGO — An area non-profit organization is planning a pilot study of rat contraceptives, starting this summer near Lincoln Park, in an effort to find a safer and more effective alternative to ...

Poison can lead to a particularly brutal death for any animal ingesting it, said Maureen Murray, who leads the Chicago Rat Project at the Lincoln Park Zoo. The most common poisons stop the body ...

Poison can lead to a particularly brutal death for any animal ingesting it, said Maureen Murray, who leads the Chicago Rat Project at the Lincoln Park Zoo. The most common poisons stop the body ...