NOVA Rat Attack
Why do huge swarms of rats overrun a bamboo forest in India once every half-century? Details
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The Producer's Story
A rat in his bed. Rats for dinner. Milking rats. All par for the course while filming "Rat Attack."
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Killer Instinct
Rats do it to survive, but why is infanticide so widespread among primates, and what does that say about us?
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Population Explosion
In this interactive, trace the effects of the best-understood mass seeding of all, that of oak-tree acorns.
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Plant vs. Predator
Ecologist Dan Janzen demystifies the lifecycle of bamboo and its stupendous impact.
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