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

Giant African rats, already used to sniff out land mines, can do the same for smuggled rhino horns, elephant tusks and other ...

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

Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect commonly smuggled items, including rhino horns and elephant tusks Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Poachers and wildlife traffickers go to great ...

African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) could be the next line of defense in the illegal wildlife trade. A team of researchers have trained these three-pound rats to pick up the scent of ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute, it’s harder to deny the impressive power of its nose. Tanzania-based non-profit APOPO has already ...

A giant rat crawled inside a little girl’s top as she played with a friend on the ground - and stayed remarkably cool as she waited for the rodent to leave. The children were inside a store in ...

Now, a species of giant pouched rat has been trained to fulfill a similar role in finding illegal wildlife products. The rodents who underwent the training are African giant pouched rats and ...

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 ...

The world’s largest rats could help conservationists in the ongoing fight against the illegal wildlife trade. Researchers have trained African giant pouched rats to pick up the scent of highly ...