They may look like your regular humble Baltimore rat, but these critters are no ordinary rodent. They're called HeroRATs - ...

Giant African rats, already used to sniff out land mines, can do the same for smuggled rhino horns, elephant tusks and other common contraband, researchers report.

They have names like Attenborough, Teddy, Desmond, and Thoreau—and like their namesakes, they are committed conservationists.

In the past, African giant pouched rats have been able to learn how to detect explosives and the pathogen that causes ...

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

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

Species around the world are threatened by the illegal wildlife trade, which peddles in wares such as pangolin scales, ...

“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 ...

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

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

Researchers say they have trained African giant pouched rats to detect pangolin scales, elephant ivory, rhino horn, and ...