With the help of expanded controls and a new Turbo mode, the Barstow Bat promises to nail the ProCo Rat’s tones and then some ...

But now, there’s a new deadly virus that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking. Lassa fever is a ...

Species around the world are threatened by the illegal wildlife trade, which peddles in wares such as pangolin scales, ...

I didn’t want to believe that I was a lab rat being experimented on. But after a while, I just couldn’t deny it anymore,” she said.

F orget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after ...

Follicly-challenged fellas were found to have wronged their partners more than any others in the research conducted by online ...

Non-profit APOPO says it has trained rats to sniff out elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and other wildlife products that are trafficked out of Africa.

She has a master's degree in mass communication and media studies. Sleeping with a stuffy or runny nose is annoying and uncomfortable, to say the least. Nasal congestion can disrupt your sleep ...

But now the organization is turning its attention (and its rats’ noses) to the global illegal ... regularly interspersed with playtime in a big outdoor kennel filled with rope toys and running ...

A spaniel’s nose has long been used to catch smugglers and contraband, but scientists have now found an unusual replacement for the traditional sniffer dog. African giant pouched rats have been ...

The rats were first taught how to indicate a target scent. Researchers taught them to hold their noses for several seconds in a hole, where a target scent was placed. Target scents could be ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scientists have flipped the cliché of smelling a rat by training giant rodents to sniff out contraband ...