Comparison of the hairless animals’ genomes with those of several other mammals shows low activity of certain sequences.

But now the organization is turning its attention (and its rats’ noses) to the global illegal wildlife trade. Estimated to be worth up to $23 billion per year, illicit wildlife trafficking is the ...

African giant pouched rats have been used to detect explosives and are being trained for search and rescue operations ...

African giant pouched rats have an average lifespan of around eight years, so training them for one year is a worthwhile long-term investment, says Szott. The year consists of Monday through ...

“Our study shows that we can train African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been ...

The African giant pouched rat is the world’s largest rat, weighing three pounds on average and stretching some two to three feet long, from the nose to the tip of the tail. The nocturnal rodents live ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

Recently, the idea of using birth control to curb the rat population has gained renewed attention. Contraceptives offer a ...

Officials working to combat wildlife smugglers may have a new, furry tool to help sniff out illegally trafficked items: giant ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The researchers said this suggested that rats could remember smells for as long as sniffer dogs. But, they said, their ...

Long-running Dutch post-punk outfit Rats On Rafts have announced a new era, and thus a new album: Deep Below. Following ...