After Rats Were Eradicated From This Small Island, Seabirds Thrived Posted on May 28, 2024 (June 27, 2024) The last rat on Tromelin Island—a small teardrop of scrubby sand in the western Indian Ocean near Madagascar—was killed in 2005. Rats had lived on the island, an overseas territory of France, for hundreds of rat generations. … Read More from After Rats Were Eradicated From This Small Island, Seabirds Thrived
Most PMPs Say Climate Change Has Resulted in Higher Pest Pressure Posted on May 23, 2024 (June 27, 2024) Changing temperatures and precipitation patterns have impacted our world in a variety of ways, including pest pressure. More than half of those who responded to PCT’s recent reader poll said pest pressure is significantly (29 percent) or slightly higher (27 percent) because of climate change; 38 percent said pest pressure is about the same and … Read More from Most PMPs Say Climate Change Has Resulted in Higher Pest Pressure
The Rats Are Absolutely Going to Hate This New York City Summit Posted on May 15, 2024 (June 27, 2024) New York City will host its very first National Urban Rat Summit this fall, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday. The summit will invite experts like academic researchers and municipal pest control managers to come together and share strategies on rodent mitigation and “advance the science of urban rat management,” the city said in a press … Read More from The Rats Are Absolutely Going to Hate This New York City Summit
