Smithsonian Magazine

Rats Are Snatching Bats Out of the Air and Eating Them—and Researchers Got It on Video

Rodents in northern Germany were spotted using two different hunting strategies at major urban bat hibernation sites ...

Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?

Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats ...

Rats caught on camera snatching bats from the air and EATING them for the first time sparking disease ‘spillover’ fears

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage has captured a rat snatching a bat out of the air and eating it, sparking disease spillover ...
NBC New York

New Orleans police chief says rats are munching on marijuana evidence: ‘They're all high'

Rats have gotten into confiscated pot at New Orleans' aging police headquarters, munching the evidence as the building is taken over by mold and cockroaches, said the city's police chief. “The rats ...
WHNT

Rats are high on marijuana evidence at an infested police building, New Orleans chief says

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rats have gotten into ...

First evidence of rats hunting bats sparks disease ‘spillover’ fears

Rats have been observed snatching bats out of the air and eating them for the first time, raising concern about pandemic ...
People

Rats Infesting New Orleans Police HQ Are 'All High' After Getting into Evidence Room and Eating Marijuana

New Orleans Police Department superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick shared details about the rodent infestation at a city council committee meeting Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering ...