In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at rat ...

Researchers in Germany have filmed rats hunting and eating bats – raising fresh fears about the spread of new coronaviruses. The study, published this month in Global Ecology and Conservation, shows ...

Scientists fear new pandemic after filming rats eating bats. Scientists are newly worried about the potential spread of viruses like Covid-19 after viewing footage of rats hunting and devouring bats.

Bats beware. The ability to fly won’t save you from hungry, determined rats. In a first, brown rats were filmed hunting bats by catching them midair. The finding, published in the November Global ...