This is the adorable moment a friendly rat walked over to a man to receive neck rubs. Lin Xiaoqin spotted the brown mouse inside his home in Taipei, Taiwan, on November 3. Footage shows the rodent ...

Non-profit APOPO says it has trained rats to sniff out elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and other wildlife ...

Researchers have trained African giant pouched rats to sniff out tuberculosis and explosives in the past. And they have now expanded the rodents' scent repertoire to detect illegally trafficked animal ...

Surprisingly, the team is made up mostly of rats - with a few human handlers guiding them. The adorable Gambian pouched rats outperform both metal detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs when it comes to ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute, it’s harder to deny the impressive power of its nose. Tanzania-based non-profit APOPO has already ...