One morning last year, John Gladwin opened the cupboard under his kitchen sink and discovered a bag of soil he'd been storing there was torn to shreds. Days later he noticed a pungent smell too. It ...

Rentokil is the world’s largest pest control company, operating in 90 countries worldwide. Its 2024 State of the Rodent Report is out. If you don’t like rats, this document is not comforting, and its ...

Authorities in an Australian state have issued a warning about two food products that contain an ingredient found in rat poison after five people fell sick. Queensland Health and Queensland Police ...

When her dog started bringing dead rats to her backdoor, Barbara Manning grew concerned. She’s lived in her Westwood neighborhood for 45 years, but she’s never noticed a problem with rats until this ...

A recent report finds that, despite legislation limiting such chemicals, dozens of species are still being poisoned. And we ...

Over the last few years, animal advocates sought to limit the use of anticoagulant rat poisons due to the dangers they pose to wildlife and pets — even as Massachusetts cities continue to struggle ...

Often, I write that we live in a world of poisons. Some, if not all, of the foods we eat have naturally occurring poisons in them. These are defence mechanisms through which the plants and food crops ...

“I couldn't get it out of his mouth," owner Steve Badgery recalled when his English cocker spaniel William ate the tainted meat Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in ...