Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect commonly smuggled items ... They’ll paint ivory tusks black, or coat them in chocolate and wrap them in candy bar-like packaging. They’ll hide ...

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

In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team of researchers have trained these rats to pick up the scent of pangolin ...

a member of the weasel family that is known for its aggression, fighting a huge rat to the death in broad daylight.

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

Sticky traps - so strong rats can’t leave - are inhumane as they die of dehydration and end up gnawing on their limbs.

It's always a worry if you've spotted a mouse indoors or a rat in the backyard ... with a strong smell include oregano, basil, thyme, black pepper and cayenne — which all can be found in ...

The patient, who hasn’t been publicly identified, had recently traveled to West Africa where the virus originates and can be found in the region’s rats, health officials said. The infected ...

Last year saw the highest rates of leptospirosis, a bacterial infection spread through rat urine that can cause organ failure and death ... Even the ubiquitous black bait boxes that were in ...

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The dangerous legacy of the civil war that ravaged the country for almost three decades still leaves terrible wounds. An ...

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