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 ...

Giant African pouched rats have been trained to sniff out explosives and tuberculosis. Now, the rats show promise in another area: combatting the illegal wildlife trade.

Non-profit APOPO says it has trained rats to sniff out elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and other wildlife products that are trafficked out of Africa.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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