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

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

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

RATS the size of cats have been causing mayhem in an Asda. The monster vermin have been filmed scuttling down the aisles to ...

Most of us are familiar with the vest-clad beagle that hunts for illegal fruits and plants in the travelers' luggage at ...

African giant pouched rats have an average lifespan of around eight years ... The year consists of Monday through Friday ...

Species around the world are threatened by the illegal wildlife trade, which peddles in wares such as pangolin scales, ...

The African giant pouched rat is the world’s largest rat ... The rats’ relative affordability is an especially big perk, because smugglers are often trafficking wildlife products from poorer countries ...

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 ...

African giant pouched rats have an average lifespan of around ... regularly interspersed with playtime in a big outdoor kennel filled with rope toys and running wheels. The rats’ high level ...