Brooklyn exterminator Robert A. Mercante is an imposing figure — think tough-talking, muscular bug fighter — yet even he occasionally gets creeped out by crawly things. He’s hoping that mix of power ...

Robert Mercante s career as an exterminator has come full circle. He answered an Exterminator Wanted ad in this very publication over 25 years ago. Now, he is featured in it as a star of an upcoming ...

Although bed bug complaints and violations were said to be in decline last year, exterminator Bill Swan isn't buying it. According to Swan, NYC's bed bug epidemic is still raging, and he attributes ...