Serve in a rocks glass (one of the key types of cocktail glasses to have on your bar cart) over ice and garnish with a citrus ...

Rather than rats in general ... fine fur. Two types of woodrats live in the Elko area, the bushytail and the desert woodrats. For now, we'll focus mainly with the bushytail woodrats. They are found in ...

Officials working to combat wildlife smugglers may have a new, furry tool to help sniff out illegally trafficked items: giant ...

Since animals have limited energy available, investing more energy in growth will reduce the energy they have to maintain ...

Species around the world are threatened by the illegal wildlife trade, which peddles in wares such as pangolin scales, ...

“Wildlife smuggling is often conducted by individuals engaged in other illegal activities, including human, drug, and arms trafficking,” Webb noted. “Therefore, deploying rats to combat wildlife ...

F orget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after ...

The intelligent rodents have a particularly keen nose and have been previously trained to detect landmines and tuberculosis.

African giant pouched rats, known for their exceptional sense of smell, are being used to detect trafficked wildlife and illegal plant trade, scientists said in the journal Frontiers in Conservation ...

Researchers say they have trained African giant pouched rats to detect pangolin scales, elephant ivory, rhino horn, and ...

Pangolin scales, elephant tusks, rhino horn, and a rare wood all are preferred objects in the illegal wildlife trade. African giant pouched rats, with their keen sense of smell, however, could soon ...

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.