The rats learned to signal for pangolin scales, rhino horn, elephant tusk and African blackwood, which is popular for use in musical instruments. Eventually, ...

All trained rats wear a harness equipped with a ball on their chest. When they detect a target, they signal their trainer by pulling the ball, which triggers a sound to indicate their discovery.

African giant pouched rats use their acute sense of smell to sniff out landmines and detect TB in sputum samples. Now, they are set to become search-and-rescue specialists too.

A trained rat wearing a special vest to alert handlers when they detect a target. Giant African rats are being trained to sniff out illegal goods like elephant tusks, rhino horns, and pangolin scales.

African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) could be the next line of defense in the illegal wildlife trade.A team of researchers have trained these three-pound rats to pick up the scent of ...

Rat tails can signal how they’re feeling (Kelly Lambert, CC BY-SA). I had never seen this in my decades of working with rats. Reviewing the video footage, we found that the rats trained to anticipate ...