Kenya's flower industry is being ravaged by pests, leading some flower farmers to rely more heavily on toxic pesticides ...

Seattle Fire answered calls of a fire near the intersection of South Walker Street and 25th Avenue South in Seattle.

ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — Rollins Inc. (ROL) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $105.7 million. The Atlanta-based company said it had net income of 22 cents per share. Earnings, ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Ecolab Inc. (ECL) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $472.9 million. On a per-share basis, the Saint Paul, Minnesota-based company said it ...

While much of the funding has been directed towards protecting the endemic Pityusic lizard from invasive snakes, efforts to control other invasive species—including raccoons and rodents—have ...

who runs the city’s rodent control program. Last year was DC’s hottest on record — bad news for attempts to control rats. Brown is hoping the cold snap in December and January will help cull ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions.

“But we were wrong about that.” Richardson says the pest control departments in most cities are under-funded and under-staffed, which means what resources they do have tend to go toward trying ...

due in part to more diligent pest control. “It’s a first step at answering this question, that if you get a bunch of rat scientists into a room we’re bound to ask each other: How might ...

Though Pike Place Market is one of the most tourist-heavy attractions in Seattle (plan to run into crowds, especially on the weekends) that's no reason to scratch it off your to-do list.