The study demonstrated that the giant rats successfully detected samples of elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales and ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute ... wildlife can also lead to the spread of zoonotic diseases, such as the Ebola virus, monkeypox virus ...

Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It's quite easily passed on from one person to another.

Forget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after researchers successfully trained African giant pouched rats to pick up the ...

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

With an increasing focus on ways to either prevent diseases or identify them early, BBC Click’s Lara Lewington, visits a ...

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 ...

Giant African rats, trained for scent detection, could assist in fighting illegal wildlife trade. A recent study shows they can detect wildlife products, offering a cost-effective alternative to ...