an innate and irreversible self-destruct button to prevent a species from overpopulating its habitat,” wrote Fredrick Kunkle ...

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

posters and other materials asking Albertans to report rats and signs of rats. The Alberta Invasive Species Council is ...

Most of us are familiar with the vest-clad beagle that hunts for illegal fruits and plants in the travelers' luggage at ...

The provincial and federal governments are reminding Albertans to "Rat on Rats!" with a new information campaign.

A spaniel’s nose has long been used to catch smugglers and contraband, but scientists have now found an unusual replacement ...

In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team ...

African giant pouched rats can detect landmines and diseases. Now some have been trained to ferret out elephant ivory, pangolin scales and more.

F orget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after ...

“Wildlife smuggling is often conducted by individuals engaged in other illegal activities, including human, drug, and arms trafficking,” Webb noted. “Therefore, deploying rats to combat wildlife ...

Maria Anna Caneva Saccardo Caterina The rat species has previously been trained to identify signs of tuberculosis and explosives and now 11 of them – Kirsty, Marty, Attenborough, Irwin ...

One of the UK’s largest breed of spiders have had the biggest mating season on record as efforts to re-establish the species ...