African giant pouched rats have been trained to sniff out illegal animal parts like elephant tusks and rhino horns to catch ...

The rats’ high level of intelligence and curiosity makes them good students, she explains: “If you need to get them to do something new, you just drop them in there (into a training enclosure) and ...

The Rat Terrier is one of many terrier breeds that was once used to catch—as the name implies—rats and was used for both hunting and farming. This versatile breed eventually fell out of favor upon the ...

Many a psychologist conducts his researches on animal intelligence by noting how rats run through a maze. If you were a psychologist, and got hold of a race of rats showing high susceptibility to ...

There are around 3 million rats in New York City, and I say it is time they see some representation. The war on rats needs to ...