African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Americans should hunt and cook nutrias, an invasive species found in marshy areas, to ...

The rats are trained to detect the smell of nitroglycerin, and even though they’re big rats, they’re small ... scent of TNT,” says Maryland Zoo Animal Keeper Marty Schmidt.