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

In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team ...

Giant African pouched rats have been trained to be trained to sniff out illegal wildlife products like elephant tusks, rhino ...

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

From a monkey that weighs only a few ounces to a 100-pound rodent, get to know some of these adorable creatures.

Africa, south of the Sahara, is home to the richest diversity of animal life on the planet, including some of the largest mammals on earth ... live in small family groups or herds, are sociable ...

Rats trained by researchers at nonprofit Apopo may soon be the next fleet of scent-sniffing heroes to save wildlife.

From the arid deserts of the Negev to the lush forests of Galilee, Israel is home to a variety of unusual wild animals that ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute ... already demonstrated the ability of the cat-sized rodents, which it calls “HeroRATs,” to sniff ...

When Africa floated off, it carried these animals away to evolve on their ... "The key to survival was to be small." Mammals fit that profile. They suddenly found themselves in a world without ...