For the very first time, scientists have recorded on film a breathtaking moment: a typical rat at the entrance of a cave, jumping in mid-air, and snatching a mid-air flying bat. This unusual predatory ...

Illustration of Polynesian Rat, Rattus exulans from an article entitled 'On the New Zealand Rat. (With Illustrations.)', by Walter Buller, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New ...

Researchers have captured video of an unexpected predator at two bat hibernation sites in northern Germany: invasive brown rats that lie in wait to intercept the bats mid-flight. “Because bats in ...