This isn’t the first time that sniffer dogs have been used to keep the UK environment safe. Back in 2012, sniffer dogs were used to help hunt out the Asian longhorn beetle that had broken out in ...

Although pandemic restrictions have been lifted it many countries around the world, researchers believe that sniffer dogs could still be of use in preventing coronavirus outbreaks at large ...

“If the nose can be shown to be sensitive enough to detect fire smoke or explosives or drugs, it could be placed on a legged robot platform and be used in lieu of a sniffer dog.” Tests of the ...

A sniffer dog has been successfully trained to sniff out a type of disease in trees. Ivor, the six-year-old cocker spaniel Labrador cross, was trained as part of a "groundbreaking" project to help ...

The research is part of an international effort to train sniffer dogs to rapidly screen people for COVID-19. The training methods are similar to those used with dogs trained to detect drugs or ...

A sniffer dog has been successfully trained to detect a tree disease as part of a “groundbreaking” project to protect the UK’s woodlands. Experts taught Ivor, a six-year-old cocker spaniel ...