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

HeroRAT Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has earned a Guinness World Records title as the most successful mine-detection ...

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 ...

He’s a working sniff. A busy and highly trained rat has set a new world record after using his nose to find 109 landmines. Mr ...

These shocking photos show how Birmingham’s inner-city streets are being invaded by giant rats during ongoing bin strikes. The huge rodents are making life hell for thousands of fed-up residents ...

No, this foreign invader is a snail. 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 ...