These are African Giant Pouched Rats. Apopo is a non-profit that has turned this animal into a life-saving hero.

September 25, 2024 (Sacramento, CA) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed tighter rat poison restrictions into law today, expanding an existing moratorium to include all blood-thinning rat poisons ...

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In medical centres across Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, these rodents are already at work. With their extraordinary ...

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Along the porous and often volatile India-Bangladesh border, the Border Security Force (BSF) has deployed a most ...

It's such an ancient trope that RPG designers have been poking fun at it for decades, like 2004's The Bard's Tale, which sees you slay a single, solitary rat, celebrate your heroism, and cowardly run ...

Laboratory of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Earth and Universe, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria ...

To demonstrate just how valuable rats as pets or even service animals can be, consider Ronin, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat. A cousin of our pet rat species, he has been trained to sniff ...

Here's what to know: Why do Florida Panthers fans throw rats onto the ice? The rat-throwing tradition dates back to the Panthers' third season as an NHL franchise. Ahead of Florida's home opener ...