The first ever image of Vangunu giant 1.5-foot-long rat. Credit: Dr Tyrone Lavery / The University of Melbourne Researchers in the Solomon Islands have successfully captured recently the first images ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute, it’s harder to deny the impressive power of its nose. Tanzania-based non-profit APOPO has already ...

A giant rat crawled inside a little girl’s top as she played with a friend on the ground - and stayed remarkably cool as she waited for the rodent to leave. The children were inside a store in ...

Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife species and remember targets for several months. Image APOPO Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

To help sleuth out these objects, scientists at the Belgian nonprofit Anti-persoonsmijnen ontmijnende product ontwikkeling (which roughly translates to Anti-Personnel Landmines Removal Product ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute, it’s harder to deny the impressive power of its nose. Tanzania-based non-profit APOPO has already demonstrated the ...