Scientists are training the first generation of rats in Tanzania to detect illegal wildlife trafficked products. Their research shows that African giant pouched rats can locate concealed wildlife ...

MOROGORO, Tanzania – Rats have long been misunderstood, often seen as pests rather than pals. However, the African giant pouched rat, the largest in the world, possesses special qualities that ...

Would you keep a rat as a pet? For some people, a rodent is an ideal companion. Some living in Rajasthan, India, take it even further. Here, rats are revered to the point that they even have their own ...

The first six-foot rat has been unveiled as Hull and East Yorkshire prepares for its latest animal trail. In recent years, brightly coloured giant moths, puffins, and toads have landed on the ...

Furious residents have complained about 'giant rats' in mountains of fly-tipped waste lining Birmingham's streets. Some have been branded it 'stinking makeshift dumps' after city bin workers went ...

Birmingham is in the grip of a waste management crisis, with striking bin workers leaving streets awash with discarded refuse and bulging bins. Shocking photographs reveal vast heaps of fly-tipped ...

A new frontline has emerged in the fight against wildlife trafficking—giant African rats trained to detect illicit animal products with remarkable accuracy. Their keen sense of smell is proving to be ...

A skeleton of a man who was a victim of the Santorini volcano eruption was found along ... Now, however, scientists have conclusive evidence that tsunamis caused by the giant eruption caused ...

It's this latter property that led to the discovery of the giant exoplanet Gaia-4b. It orbits a star 244 light-years away and is a super-sized gas giant with a mass 11.8 times greater than that of ...

MeerKAT's newest giant radio galaxy find is extraordinary. The plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light-years from end to end — over 32 times the size of the Milky Way.I'm one of ...