A great blue heron that was spotted eating a large rat in New York City on Sunday has sparked awe on social media. David Barrett, an avid birdwatcher and photographer who runs the popular Twitter ...

No one, not even New Yorkers, can be prepared for a showdown between a rat and a blue heron. The majestic bird made Central Park an impromptu restaurant recently, settling in a grassy area to dine on ...

There’s a new rat czar in town. An otherwise majestic great blue heron was spotted devouring a New York City rat Saturday — a stomach-churning chow-down that a witness described as “dinosaurian.” The ...

Well, this is one way to handle New York City's rodent problem. A blue heron was seen devouring an enormous rat in Central Park, and the whole thing was caught on video. The footage was captured by a ...

Move over, pizza rat; a blue heron is the city’s new icon. A rat was quite the snack for a great blue heron that was caught on camera eating the rodent in Central Park. A video shared on Twitter by ...

Footage emerged on Twitter of a Great Blue Heron swallowing a nasty, giant NYC rat. The video shows the heron dunking the rat in the Central Park pond before enjoying its meal. The birdwatcher who ...

A keen amateur wildlife photographer known for intimate scenes of birds, foxes and badgers has managed to snap something even rarer than usual - a heron catching a whole rat in its beak. Martin ...