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

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

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

Pangolin scales, elephant tusks, rhino horn, and a rare wood all are preferred objects in the illegal wildlife trade. African giant pouched rats, with their keen sense of smell, however, could soon ...

African giant pouched rats can detect landmines and diseases. Now some have been trained to ferret out elephant ivory, pangolin scales and more.

and 23 were confirmed as rats. Most sightings — 158 — were actually identified as muskrats, and in other cases they turned out to be mice, squirrels and gophers. Rats — mainly the Norway and ...

Rats could be the latest weapon deployed in the fight against endangered wildlife trafficking, according to a study of rodents trained to sniff out pangolin scales, rhino horns, elephant tusks ...

But new research by APOPO has found these cat-sized rodents can be trained to sniff out illegal wildlife products like elephant tusks, rhino horns and pangolin scales. APOPO says the rats can ...

The rat problem is statewide, Hopkins said at the debate, and city officials are considering two “out-of-the-box types of possibilities”: distributing rat birth control or bringing in possums ...

Rats with tiny backpacks are being used to sniff out illegally trafficked wildlife items. African giant pouched rats have been trained to recognize the scent of illegal animal parts such as ...

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