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Pests

2026 'Dirty Dozen' produce: Nearly 100% tested positive for pesticides

  • Mar 24

Rat birth control coming to some Chicago neighborhoods

  • Apr 1, 2025
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Is rat birth control a fix for NYC's rodent woes?

  • Feb 12, 2025

'Murder hornet' eradicated from US, officials declare

  • Dec 19, 2024

Chicago holds title of rattiest city in America for 10th year in a row

  • Oct 23, 2024

Bed bugs found at 4 popular hotels on Las Vegas Strip

  • Feb 22, 2024

Christmas tree pests: Woman opens up about surprise encounter

  • Nov 30, 2023

Rats gone wild: Chicago rodents damage cars, build nests under hoods

  • Nov 11, 2023

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Rat birth control coming to some Chicago neighborhoods

  • Apr 1, 2025
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We're No. 1! Chicago ranked most rat-infested city 8th year in a row

  • Oct 18, 2022
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Chicago ranked most rat-infested city in US: Orkin

  • Oct 23, 2019

'I just spit mine all out and I about threw up' Kids grossed out by chocolate infested with bugs

  • Dec 22, 2017

'I just spit mine all out and I about threw up' Kids grossed out by chocolate infested with bugs

  • Dec 22, 2017

'I just spit mine all out and I about threw up' Kids take a bite of chocolate infested with bugs

  • Dec 22, 2017
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Dog discovers invasive beetles in luggage at O?Hare

  • Jul 16, 2015

Latest Stories

Rats in Chicago: Orkin pest control dubs city 'rattiest' in US for 9th straight year

We're No. 1! Orkin pest control ranked Chicago the most rat-infested city for the ninth year in a row.

  • Oct 24, 2023
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Woodpecker stores over 700 pounds of acorns in walls of California home, pest control company says

A pair of California woodpeckers are surely crushed after a pest control technician on a routine call recently found their massive trove of acorns cleverly stashed in the walls of a California home.

  • Feb 8, 2023

Rats in Chicago: Orkin pest control dubs city 'rattiest' in US for 8th straight year

We're No. 1! Orkin pest control ranked Chicago the most rat-infested city for the eighth year in a row.

  • Oct 18, 2022

Pest company will pay you $2,000 if you let it release 100 cockroaches into your home

WOULD YOU GO FOR THIS? A North Carolina pest control company is offering people $2,000 if they let the company release 100 cockroaches into their home.

  • Jun 15, 2022

Chicago ranked 'rattiest city' by Orkin pest control for 7th straight year

We're No. 1! Orkin pest control ranked Chicago the most rat-infested city for the seventh year in a row.

  • Oct 21, 2021