The rats were able to find the illegal items even when they were hidden in other smelly substances that smugglers had ...

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

Forget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to ... be done that tests the rats with different specimens from a species, and different ...

African giant pouched rats have been trained to identify pangolin scales, elephant ivory and other items from at-risk species, researchers report October 30 in Frontiers in Conservation Science.

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 ...

Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife species and remember targets for several months. Image APOPO Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

South Florida is under attack, and the non-native species threatening ... But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that African giant pouched rats can be effectively trained ... for combating the illegal trade of endangered species products at ports. Equipped with custom ...

Sharing the news on social media, Chester Zoo said: “Ten years ago we helped release THOUSANDS of GIANT ... rat - but are completely harmless to humans. The fen raft spider has a brown or black body ...