New York State leads the nation in rat-infested cities with five, including third-ranked New York City. Orkin released its annual rundown of 50 cities where it treated the most places for rodents ...

‘Drug sellers left’ but rats remain in park Back in Bryant Park, home to the main branch of the New York Public Library and two giant stone lions, tourists and workers huddled under ...

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

A new kind of border patrol agent could ... that are smuggled across country lines. They’re rats. And they wear tiny red vests. African giant pouched rats have been trained to identify pangolin ...

Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife species and remember targets for several months. (Credit: APOPO) Researchers have trained African giant pouched ...

Turns out, the rats do kind of run this city still. Pest control company Orkin released its annual ranking of the "rattiest" cities in the U.S. this week, and New York City held steady as third ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat ... This is where the rats and their acute sense of smell come in. According to new research led by APOPO and published ...

Rats with tiny backpacks are being used to sniff out illegally trafficked wildlife items. African giant pouched rats have ...

Previously, African giant pouched rats have been trained to detect explosives and even the pathogen that causes tuberculosis. This new study to test their ability to detect wildlife scents was ...

The world’s largest rats could help conservationists in the ongoing fight against the illegal wildlife trade. Researchers have trained African giant pouched ... said new methods need to be ...