African giant pouched rats can be trained to identify illegally trafficked wildlife through scent detection. APOPO ...

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

Pangolin scales, elephant tusks, rhino horn, and a rare wood all are preferred objects in the illegal wildlife trade. African giant pouched rats, with their keen sense of smell, however, could soon ...

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

Multiple residents of the battered Bushwick site on Starr Street say they are paying nearly $4,000 a month to live with rat ...

“Wildlife smuggling is often conducted by individuals engaged in other illegal activities, including human, drug, and arms trafficking,” Webb noted. “Therefore, deploying rats to combat wildlife ...

The world’s largest rats could help conservationists in the ongoing fight against the illegal wildlife trade.Researchers have ...

In the past, scientists with the Tanzania-based nonprofit APOPO have trained African giant pouched rats to detect tuberculosis, find land mines and locate earthquake survivors. More recently, the team ...

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

Scientists say their research shows the rats have a similar sense of smell to dogs, but they're able to fit in tighter spaces.

The world’s largest rats could help conservationists in the ongoing fight against the illegal wildlife trade. Researchers have trained African giant pouched rats to pick up the scent of highly ...