The nutria rodent has become a migrating problem in the Central Valley, including sensitive wetlands in Solano County. A ...

APOPO, a nonprofit in Tanzania, is training giant rats equipped with tiny vests in scent detection to prevent illegal ...

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

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

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

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

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

The 20-pound nutria, native to South America, has somehow managed to establish a population in the Suisun Marsh.

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

Giant African rats, trained for scent detection, could assist in fighting illegal wildlife trade. A recent study shows they can detect wildlife products, offering a cost-effective alternative to ...

The training involved eight rats that were taught to identify contraband hidden among common items like peanuts and washing ...

2024 Fen Raft spiders can spin a web as large as 25cm and can grow to the size of a rat - but are completely harmless to ...