Ava Dickman, a technician with AAA Exterminating Inc., refills rodenticide in a bait station to exterminate mice and rats outside a home in Indianapolis, Monday, May 16, 2022. Scientists say climate change is likely contributing to a rodent boom that is making more work for pest control experts. (AP Photo/Casey Smith)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — At her home in Rockford, Illinois, Rita Davisson said the “one or two” mice she normally sees during the waning winter months “have turned into more like 10 or 15” in the last couple years, and scientists say the warmer weather might have something to do with it.