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

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 ...

In real life settings, rats will be able to pull a small ball attached at the chest of their vest, which emits a beeping sound. This way rats will be able to alert their handlers when they detect ...

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 enormous rats might be many people's nightmare, these huge rodents could be a key weapon in the battle against the trading of illegal wildlife goods. African giant pouched rats can be ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scientists have flipped the cliché of smelling a rat by training giant rodents to sniff out contraband ...