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

On Thursday night, Focus Features held the first public screening of Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated horror movie ...

Officials working to combat wildlife smugglers may have a new, furry tool to help sniff out illegally trafficked items: giant ...

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

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

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 ...

“There has also been interest in wildlife detection rats from Singapore and France,” she added. Trialing these research findings in the real world, APOPO last year conducted a proof-of-concept ...

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.

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The world’s largest rats could help conservationists in the ongoing fight against the illegal wildlife trade. Researchers ...

Though Madhu Muttom created an original story for the film, he was inspired by a real-life tragedy that occurred in ...