In the 1950s, neuroscientist Curt Richter demonstrated how the act of rescuing wild rats from a swim challenge could instill ...

The world’s largest rats could help conservationists in the ongoing fight against the illegal wildlife trade.Researchers have ...

Wildlife trafficking. The illegal practice involves capturing, killing and selling of wildlife and byproducts including pelts ...

African giant pouched rats have been trained to sniff out illegal animal parts like elephant tusks and rhino horns to catch ...

Sarah Jordan, 31, let the rats breed in an uncontrolled way at her home in Leyland, Lancashire, the RSPCA said. Animal rescue officers found 38 rodents running loose and 74 others in cages ...

Now, new unlikely heroes may come to the rescue: rats. New research finds the rodents could be trained to sniff out endangered plants and animals! The May 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report from the ...

APOPO is also training “rescue rats” to potentially save lives. The work was published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science. The researchers worked with 11 rats ...