The African rock python, a formidable predator native to sub-Saharan Africa, is known for its immense size, constricting ...

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

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 ...

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

Africa has several different types of habitats from jungles and forests to grasslands and deserts. The second-largest ...

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

For centuries, hooded vultures in West Africa have lived in close association with people in towns and cities. The vultures’ ...

How can the benefits and risks of wild meat consumption be balanced to protect human health, wildlife and the environment?

A landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record to become the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines and ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...