Category: Climate

A brown rat, the species commonly found in New York City and other major cities. | Getty Images If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve been losing for years. Although cities have ramped up their use of poisons and traps, the number of…

A brown rat, the species commonly found in New York City and other major cities. | Getty Images If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve been losing for years. Although cities have ramped up their use of poisons and traps, the number of…