Rats with tiny backpacks are being used to sniff out illegally trafficked wildlife items. African giant pouched rats have ...

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

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute ... already demonstrated the ability of the cat-sized rodents, which it calls “HeroRATs,” to sniff ...

Who wants to catch rats and keep them? Research scientists? More bewildering, where does one release a rat once you catch it?

It's always a worry if you've spotted a mouse indoors or a rat in the backyard. And learning how to get rid of mice or how to get rid of rats can be a challenging and often expensive task at the ...

Most sightings — 158 — were actually identified as muskrats, and in other cases they turned out to be mice, squirrels and gophers. Rats — mainly the Norway and roof species — are found in ...

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