After an unprecedented number of reported rat sightings, the village of Wilmette has launched a rat mitigation program for residents free of charge. Village Manager Michael Braiman said more than 300 ...

Niles police expressed satisfaction with a pilot program begun in August to “deputize” five feral cats to control the rat population, a police official told Pioneer Press. Now, the department says it ...

Rats can have sex 21 times a day. A 5-week-old rat can get pregnant and have up to 12 rat babies. Then her babies can have babies. The pesky math: A breeding pair of rats can produce 15,000 offspring ...