Last year, African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of their extreme sense of smell. Carolina, an African giant ...

Australia is home to many extraordinary creatures, from Antarctic emperor penguins washing ashore to thelargest great white ...

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Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence ...

Since A.J. Preller took over as GM in August 2014, the Padres have been as aggressive as any franchise in baseball. They aren ...

One such initiative is of APOPO, a non-profit organisation, headquartered in Tanzania and working in 11 countries, that trains African giant pouched rats (nicknamed HeroRATS), to detect TB in ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to eat more invasive species. You can get nutria, wild pigs, carp and northern ...

But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the monstrous mollusks were first noticed ...

Cent has responded to Charleston White’s comments about his feud with Big Meech, stating that unlike his rival, he’s, "not a ...

This neighborhood is totally rat-tled. Rat sightings are trending down citywide but some neighborhoods are seeing massive spikes — with one area in Queens hit with a 119% increase in 311 ...

Highlights for March 20-26 include the War and Treaty, 7th St. Entry’s 45th, Bela Fleck’s new trio, Los Lobos and Madeleine ...