Eight giant African pouched rats were able to detect four wildlife samples from 146 non-target items during this four-year ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container and quickly found that rats could learn to drive forward by ...

“Our study shows that we can train African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been ...

African giant pouched rats have been trained to sniff out illegal animal parts like elephant tusks and rhino horns to catch ...

The study demonstrated that the giant rats successfully detected samples of elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales and African hardwood.

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute, it’s harder to deny the impressive power of its nose. Tanzania-based non-profit APOPO has already demonstrated the ...

Rats could be the latest weapon deployed in the fight against endangered wildlife trafficking, according to a study of ...

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With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

Researchers say they have trained African giant pouched rats to detect pangolin scales, elephant ivory, rhino horn, and ...

An Indiana mother pleaded guilty to her role that led to her infant son being bitten by rats over 50 times, only to be ...

But now the organization is turning its attention (and its rats’ noses) to the global illegal wildlife trade. Estimated to be worth up to $23 billion per year, illicit wildlife trafficking is ...