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

“Our study shows that we can train African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been ...

A compelling biography about a groundbreaking scientist and his controversial work, using rodent cities to examine the ...

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

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

Non-profit APOPO says it has trained rats to sniff out elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and other wildlife ...

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

In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team ...

But law enforcement officials may soon have a new tool for combatting these and other tactics: rats. Scientists are training African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei) to sniff out pangolin ...

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

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