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 ...

A city’s heroes arrive in strange forms. Nobody could have expected, for example, that an unassuming alligator nicknamed Chance The Snapper would arrive in the summer of 2019 to become one of ...

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 ...

Look out, Mandarin Duck -- there's another bird turning heads in New York City. A stunning Great Blue Heron was spotted looking effortlessly exquisite at The Pond at Central Park last Thursday, and ...

Move aside, Mandarin duck: An electric-blue Great Blue Heron is the latest bird in New York’s Central Park to steal the spotlight. A photo of the majestic creature was shared on Twitter last week by ...

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 ...