a large brown rat sits in a discarded cardboard box atop trash bags

Why Your Car is a Rat Haven

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 18, 2024

Rats are resilient creatures, and sometimes their will to survive leads them into the machinery of your car. Jason Munshi-South, urban ecologist and professor of biology at Fordham University, explains.

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