Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." But a California company says that when it achieved that goal and won a patent for a device ...

VENTURA, Calif. — Bob Noe's idea for a better mousetrap is called the Rat Zapper. Sold under the slogan "The Power Tool for Rodent Control," it is a blue plastic box about the size of a milk carton ...

Just thinking about it probably gives you the heebie jeebies: You are pretty sure you saw a roof rat near your patio. You've also seen some of the common signs of a roof-rat infestation, such as ...