For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage ...

New Yorkers are slowly adjusting to a radically new routine, at least for America’s biggest city: Putting their trash in bins ...

They’re rats. And they wear tiny red vests. African giant pouched rats have been trained to identify pangolin scales, elephant ivory and other items from at-risk species, researchers report ...

Researchers trained 11 rats to sniff out elephant tusk and rhino horn, even when smugglers used common tricks such as using coffee grinds and washing powder to conceal their scents. Scientists say ...

African giant pouched rats have been trained by scientists to recognise the scent of illegal animal products such as rhino horn and elephant ivory. Demand for these products is decimating ...

Stuffed Fables really sticks with me for the ... On your journey you will encounter foes such as rats, spiders, and even a cat. In this cooperative game, each player will have their own role ...

A new study shows that African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been concealed among other substances. Image: APOPO Pangolin scales, elephant tusks, rhino ...

The Alberta and federal governments are urging people to “rat on rats,” launching a campaign Tuesday to keep the province free of the destructive pest. For more than 70 years, Alberta has been ...

African giant pouched rats, which have previously been trained to sniff out buried mines and detect tuberculosis, are now being used to stop smuggling in Tanzania, The Guardian reported. To combat ...

In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team of researchers have trained these rats to pick up the scent of pangolin ...

Forget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after researchers successfully trained African giant pouched rats to pick up the ...