Humans have been poisoning rodents for centuries. But fast-breeding rats and mice have evolved resistance to earlier poisons. In response, manufacturers have produced second generation anticoagulant ...

Entomologists and pest-management researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey had a mystery on their hands. Over the course of several years, many local pest control crews had told them similar ...

D.C.'s fight over rat poison is part of a broader debate over who should have access to potentially dangerous products.

At the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, veterinarian Priya Patel checks the vitals of one of her patients. He's a red-tailed hawk, and for the moment he's swaddled in a sandy brown towel. When ...

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 ...