Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct.

Cambodia is recognizing the life-saving contributions of a rat named Magawa with a statue. The late rat sniffed out landmines ...

Born in 2013, Magawa was trained as a “HeroRAT,” learning to harness his strong sense of smell to detect explosives.

In an incredible story of animal bravery, an African giant pouched rat named Ronin has sniffed his way into the Guinness Book of World Records. This extraordinary rat has discovered 109 landmines and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rat king displayed at the University of Tartu Natural History Museum in Estonia. Some have claimed that the phenomenon in which ...

Animals aren’t just amazing pets or fun to look at; they are also incredibly intelligent and assist humans every day. We’re ...

It was a race against nightfall. As he hurried across the sandy, bristling landscape of California’s Carrizo Plain, ecologist Ian Axsom stopped every 10 yards to place an aluminum live trap on the ...

Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct. 29, shows that African giant pouched rats can be trained to identify ...