African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species ...

Less well-known, but no less impressive are rats, with the African giant pouched rat being the star of the show. Recently a student at the Dutch Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e ...

But his handler Malen says the seven-year-old African giant pouched rat is "slowing down" as he reaches old age, and she wants to "respect his needs". There are thought to be up to six million ...

The non-profit organization APOPO, which got its start in Belgium, has fitted their brave HeroRATs (African giant pouched ...

Rats often get a bad rap, but now one heroic rodent is being hailed for his work in sniffing out landmines in Cambodia. Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, has been presented with the PDSA ...

When Army Maj. John Ringquist first encountered an African giant pouched rat in Tanzania, he was surprised by how affectionate it was.“They’re gentle, friendly animals,” said Ringquist, a history ...

Magawa has won a gold medal for detecting mines in Cambodia An African giant pouched rat has been awarded a prestigious gold medal for his work detecting land mines. Magawa has sniffed out 39 ...

He will be rewarded with a mouthful of fruit. Peter Parker is a rat. Or, to be more respectful, he is an African giant pouched rat. They are larger than our streetwise friends, growing up to three ...

The rats were provided by a Tanzania-based organization that is training African giant pouched rats to combat wildlife trafficking, detect diseases and perform other useful tasks. At least twice ...

But metal detectors pick up every little scrap of metal that people then have to investigate, and dogs — while good at detecting explosives when trained well — are limited to working with just ...

Your rat, if tamed properly, might even eat neatly out of a smoothie pouch, like this one in this video from Friday, September 15th: Pingu's little hands are everything to me. Look at how they ...

It’s paired with a TinyML machine learning board, and it’s all wrapped up in a 3D printed enclosure that serves as a backpack to fit African Giant Pouched rats. The RatPack can provide a live ...