These are African Giant Pouched Rats. Apopo is a non-profit that has turned this animal into a life-saving hero.

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but a rat called Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that.

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how APOPO trains African giant pouched rats to save lives Not a fan of rats? Well, they might save your life. APOPO is a global nonprofit organization that trains ...

Some consider rats, not to be confused with mice, as pests. Others deem them lifesavers. One African giant pouched rat in Cambodia is making communities safer by sniffing out dangerous explosives—and ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

The study focused on a group of African rodents called brush-furred mice (Lophuromys), which the team uncovered could regrow musculoskeletal tissue as opposed to healing injuries with scar tissue.

Certain species of amphibians and reptiles easily regrow limbs after losing them in times of danger, but tissue regeneration is much more limited in mammals. Now, researchers describe a species of ...

Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for rodents everywhere by saving innocent civilians from hidden explosives. The African giant pouched rat recently set a new world record ...