For the past four years an African giant pouched rat named Ronin has been using his sensitive nose to sniff out ...

It’s easy to assume humans are the smartest species on Earth, but a closer look at nature tells a different story. Across ...

The US foreign aid freeze has cast a long shadow over demining efforts in Cambodia. What does Trump's "America First" agenda mean for the Southeast Asian country?

Maze champions, disease detectors, and landmine sniffers, rats have done it all. Their talent for finding shortcuts and adapting to tough environments has made them survivors. Scientists often use ...

Ronin in action in a Cambodian minefield.

A vermin invasion has turned a ritzy Upper West Side block into “The Valley of the Rats.” Residents are afraid to venture out at night because of the horror-movie-sized rodents along the elite ...

EAGLE, Idaho — Eagle residents continue to struggle with rats – a problem many say didn't start happening until roughly two years ago. Based on rat reproduction rates, wildlife expert and ...

Mayor Eric Adams is winning the war on rats — at his Brooklyn home. For the first time since 2023, inspectors found no evidence of vermin at the mayor’s Bedford-Stuyvesant rowhouse ...