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

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

Pangolin scales, elephant tusks, rhino horn, and a rare wood all are preferred objects in the illegal wildlife trade. African giant pouched rats, with their keen sense of smell, however, could soon ...

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

The rodents have previously been used to detect explosives and tuberculosis. The post These rats with tiny backpacks can help ...

With further development and field testing, African giant pouched rats could become an innovative and cost-effective tool in ...

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

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

Researchers train African giant pouched rats to sniff out smuggled species.

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

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

The rats were studied by scientists at Apopo, a Belgian-founded, Tanzania-based NGO, whose rodents also sniff out land mines ...