APOPO, a nonprofit in Tanzania, is training giant rats equipped with tiny vests in scent detection to prevent illegal ...

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

APOPO, a nonprofit in Tanzania, is training giant rats equipped with tiny vests in scent detection to prevent illegal wildlife trafficking.

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

African giant pouched rats trained to alert their handlers when they find illegally trafficked wildlife products ...

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

The market for illegal wildlife products is worth up to $20 billion annually, Interpol said last year. The rats were studied ...

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

These rats aren't just dressed up for fun - they're on a mission to help sniff out the illegal wildlife trade.

Rats with tiny backpacks are being used to sniff out illegally trafficked wildlife items. African giant pouched rats have ...

Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct. 29, shows that African giant pouched rats can be trained to ...