The rats were able to find the illegal items even when they were hidden in other smelly substances that smugglers had ...

African giant pouched rats were trained to detect illegally trafficked wildlife products, offering a new solution to combat ...

demonstrated that the giant rats successfully detected samples of elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales and African hardwood even when these wildlife products were mixed with non-target items.

Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting ... the eight rats became acquainted by smell with four wildlife samples: pangolin scales, African blackwood, rhino horn and elephant ivory.

Now, criminal wildlife poachers might need to start fearing real rats. Scientists have trained giant African rats to sniff out rhino horns, pangolin scales, elephant tusks and tropical hardwoods – all ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Indonesian authorities said Tuesday they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of endangered ...

pangolin scales, and African blackwood. These animals and plants are classified as threatened and are at a high risk of ...

Raimona National Park records rare Chinese pangolin sighting Conservationists and forest officials in Assam have captured the first photographic evidence of a Chinese pangolin in Raimona National ...

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Several synchronized drone strikes martyred some Azawad leaders on December 1, 2024, in Tinzaouatine, near the Algerian ...