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 ...

Giant African rats are being trained to sniff out illegal goods like elephant tusks, rhino horns, and pangolin scales. A trained rat wearing a special vest to alert handlers when they detect a target.

African giant pouched rats use their acute sense of smell to sniff out landmines and detect TB in sputum samples. Now, they are set to become search-and-rescue specialists too.

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 ...

Non-profit APOPO is training African giant pouched rats to help in the global fight against the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Here, a rat on a lead searches for concealed wildlife ...

One of the key advantages of using African giant pouched rats is their cost-effectiveness compared to traditional detection methods. Training each rat costs between $7,000 and $8,000 ...

African giant pouched rats can detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been concealed among other substances. Source: APOPO, used with permission. The scale of the illegal wildlife ...

The African Pouched Rat can be trained with a ‘target scent’ to find illegally trafficked wildlife, landmines, and even help in human recovery operations.

A rat named Ronin has set a new Guinness World Record by detecting 109 land mines in Cambodia over the last four years. Ronin is an African giant pouched rat who works with APOPO, a nonprofit that ...

African giant pouched rats have sniffed out more than 150,000 landmines to date, according to her organization. They've also helped health clinics in Africa diagnose people with tuberculosis, ...

Non-profit APOPO is training African giant pouched rats to help in the global fight against the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Here, a rat on a lead searches for concealed wildlife ...