African giant pouched rats can be trained to sniff out trafficked wildlife products, ranging from rhino horns and elephant ivory to pangolin scales and African blackwood, ...

Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking.. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct. 29, shows that African giant pouched rats can be trained to ...

One of the key advantages of using African giant pouched rats is their cost-effectiveness compared to traditional detection methods. Training each rat costs between $7,000 and $8,000 ...

The world is filled with problems of all different types. For millions of people around the world, one of the biggest ...

Non-profit APOPO is training African giant pouched rats to help in the global fight against the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Here, a rat on a lead searches for concealed wildlife ...

African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species including rhino horn and elephant ivory. Close. Advertisement.

In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team of researchers have trained these rats to pick up the scent of pangolin ...

Carolina is an African giant pouched rat who can screen 100 sputum (i.e phlegm) samples for tuberculosis in 20 minutes—much faster than a human, who takes four days to process the same amount of ...

APOPO is a global non-profit organization that trains rats to save lives. The group uses African giant pouched rats to sniff out landmines and detect tuberculosis.

African rats are larger than the familiar brown rats found here in the U.S., which helps them navigate large areas without getting tired, Fast said. African giant pouched rats can live from 8 to ...

Non-profit APOPO is training African giant pouched rats to help in the global fight against the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Here, a rat on a lead searches for concealed wildlife ...