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In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team of researchers have trained these rats to pick up the scent of pangolin ...

Trained rats could help counter the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade by deploying their heightened sense of smell to catch trafficked animal products. The nonprofit organisation APOPO ...

An elephant known as the loneliest of its kind in the world has died of a rodent-borne virus. Campaigners had long fought for the African elephant, which was housed in the Delhi Zoo in India, to be ...