Rodents could be used to find illicit goods at airports and harbors in places where dogs can’t easily access.

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

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

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 ...

Giant African pouched rats have been trained to sniff out explosives and tuberculosis. Now, the rats show promise in another area: combatting the illegal wildlife trade.

Rather than rats in general, this is about a type of native wildlife called woodrats. The other type of rats, the common Norway rats, are an introduced animal that originated in northern China and ...

Even a pet rat can be cute as evidenced by one submission in last year’s Precious Pet Photo contest that benefits the Benton Women’s Club.

list=PLA2SA_Le8jNYwYKjQEFnRZbfXe8_DVmp-&playnext=1Watch</a> Funny Dog Maymo and his Beagle Dog Siblings Take on a Wild, Two-Headed Sewer Rat! The two cute dogs are minding their business on the couch ...

Hailey Bieber posted a photo of her 2-month-old son Jack Blues in a skeleton onesie on Instagram on Nov. 1. The snap featured ...