In real life settings, rats will be able to pull a small ball attached at the chest of their vest, which emits a beeping sound. This way rats will be able to alert their handlers when they detect ...

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 ...

Researchers have trained African giant pouched rats to pick up the scent of highly ... The wildlife trade is the ...

After five years of sniffing out land mines in Cambodia, Magawa is retiring. The African giant pouched rat has been the most successful rodent trained and overseen by a Belgian nonprofit ...

Less well-known, but no less impressive are rats, with the African giant pouched rat being the star of the show. Recently a student at the Dutch Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e ...

“She is an African giant pouched rat.” Mirasol and Maria (who sat out this story) are two African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Mirasol’s 1.7 ...

A hero rat who was commended for his outstanding service detecting landmines has died. Magawa, a giant African pouched rat trained to find unexploded ordnance, was retired last year. The 'HeroRAT ...

An African giant pouched rat named Magawa has been awarded a gold medal by a UK veterinary charity for his “life-saving” work in Cambodia where he detects landmines. Manawa has so far ...