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

African giant pouched rats have been trained by scientists to recognise the scent of illegal animal products such as rhino ...

A machine, a trap door and a pool full of liquid alcohol. That's the latest weapon in the war against rats, say officials in New York. The rats are attracted with bait by a machine and sent ...

African giant pouched rats, which have previously been trained to sniff out buried mines and detect tuberculosis, are now being used to stop smuggling in Tanzania, The Guardian reported.

They were trying to capture evidence of the Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika. Stretching about 18 inches long with its tail, the vika's body is about the size of a guinea pig. It's been known to eat ...

APOPO, a nonprofit in Tanzania, is training giant rats equipped with tiny vests in scent detection to prevent illegal wildlife trafficking. Video produced by Ellenoor Shameli Andrew Garfield ...