Rat named Ronin breaks world record for sniffing out wartime landmines in Cambodia
An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...
National Geographic news24d
Carolina the giant rat retires as a hero after saving many lives
It's possible because of their extreme sense of smell. Carolina, an African giant pouched rat, recently retired from her job of detecting tuberculosis cases medical tests had missed. At her ...
WBUR7d
To protect wildlife, advocates look to reduce rat poison use in Mass.
His diagnosis? He ate too many rodents with rat poison in their bodies. This type of poison, called anticoagulant rodenticide, prevents a rat's blood from clotting normally. Its effects can also ...