Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

Rats have long been misunderstood, often seen as pests rather than pals. However, the African giant pouched rat, the largest ...

A new frontline has emerged in the fight against wildlife trafficking—giant African rats trained to detect illicit animal ...

Australia's most endangered marsupial and rarest marsupial in the world, the Gilbert's potoroo, is back thanks to 30 years of ...

A detection dog is being deployed to search for signs of rats on some of the Isles of Scilly. Kuki and her handlers Laura Bambini, of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and ...