F orget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after ...

This is the skin-crawling moment a giant rat creeps up a little girl's blouse as she lies on the floor playing with a friend. The incident occurred inside a store in Luzhou, Sichuan, China, on October ...

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

African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) could be the next line of defense in the illegal wildlife trade. A team of researchers have trained these three-pound rats to pick up the scent of ...

Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect commonly smuggled items, including rhino horns and elephant tusks Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Poachers and wildlife traffickers go to ...

A giant rat crawled inside a little girl’s top as she played with a friend on the ground - and stayed remarkably cool as she waited for the rodent to leave. The children were inside a store in ...

The intelligent rodents have a particularly keen nose and have been previously trained to detect landmines and tuberculosis.

They’re rats. And they wear tiny red vests. African giant pouched rats have been trained to identify pangolin scales, elephant ivory and other items from at-risk species, researchers report ...

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 ...

More information: Ratting on wildlife crime: Training African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, Frontiers in Conservation Science (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fcosc.2024.1444126 ...