The fight against wildlife trafficking, one of the most lucrative illegal trades worldwide, has a new and unexpected ally: ...

Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a new Science Advances study. As ...

Meet Mirasol, one very, VERY large rat. “She’s about 1.7 kilograms,” says Jenny Egan, the Senior Area Manager for the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore. “She is an African giant pouched rat.” Mirasol and ...

“The Giant African Snail is known to be a major reservoir host for the rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), which may cause meningitis—inflammation of the membrane surrounding the brain and ...

According to Adeola Adenikinju, president of the Nigerian Economic Society in a BusinessDay report, Africa's most populous country must diversify its economy and boost productivity in order to regain ...

Notably, her h... In a unique approach, African ports are employing trained giant pouched rats to sniff out illegal wildlife goods such as ivory and pangolin scales. This effort, led by APOPO ...

Life Healthcare is selling Life Molecular Imaging (LMI) to a British subsidiary of American pharmaceutical giant Lantheus ... imaging agents for use in PET-CT diagnostics. It has operations ...

International packaging and recycling specialist Alpla has made a significant entry into South Africa’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET ... importance of the South African market.

The streets of East Yorkshire are set to be filled with 50 giant rat sculptures as part of a new art trail. A Mischief of Rats will run from 3 May and is set to pay tribute to 1960's band The Rats, ...

The streets of East Yorkshire are set to be filled with 50 giant rat sculptures as part of a new art trail. A Mischief of Rats will run from 3 May and is set to pay tribute to 1960's band The Rats ...