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Giant Rats in Africa Trained to Detect Ivory and Wildlife Products at Ports
In a unique approach, African ports are employing trained giant pouched rats to sniff out illegal wildlife goods such as ivory and pangolin scales. This effort, led by APOPO, aims to aid customs officials in identifying smuggled items from endangered species. Agile and cost-effective, these rats are trained to detect specific scents in mock warehou...
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Invasive Species Costs Global Economy $423 Billion Per Year: UN Report
Warmer temperatures under climate change are expected to further drive the expansion of invasive species.
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Rats, Live Wolf Pups At China Food Market Menu Linked To Virus Outbreak
The food market where China's deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from wolf pups to species linked to previous pandemics such as civets, according to vendor information and a Chinese media report.
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Extinction Warning For Australia's Truffle-Eating "Rat Kangaroo"
A truffle-eating Australian marsupial known as the rat kangaroo has suffered a dramatic population decline and could become extinct without urgent action to save the species, a report warned Today.
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Scientists Discover A Species Of Giant Rat
In the isolated Solomon Islands, mothers and fathers have been known to sing to their children of apocryphal rats.
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These Ancient Rats were the Size of Lap Dogs
Now researchers have discovered fossils from rat ancestors that grew to be as big as 11 pounds -- the size of a small dog.
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Archaeologists Find Dog Sized Rat
Archaeologists with the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered fossils of seven giant rat species on East Timor in Southeast Asia with the largest up to 10 times the size of modern rats.
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Vietnam Has a 'Rat King' and This is What He Does to Catch Them By The Kilo
"It's hard to trap them, they're clever, they move fast and in Vietnam there are 43 different species of rat to contend with," Mr Thieu says.
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Giant rats, fanged frogs discovered
Scientists have discovered new species of fanged frog, grunting fish and a giant rat, probably the biggest in the world.
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Giant Rats in Africa Trained to Detect Ivory and Wildlife Products at Ports
In a unique approach, African ports are employing trained giant pouched rats to sniff out illegal wildlife goods such as ivory and pangolin scales. This effort, led by APOPO, aims to aid customs officials in identifying smuggled items from endangered species. Agile and cost-effective, these rats are trained to detect specific scents in mock warehou...
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Invasive Species Costs Global Economy $423 Billion Per Year: UN Report
Warmer temperatures under climate change are expected to further drive the expansion of invasive species.
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Rats, Live Wolf Pups At China Food Market Menu Linked To Virus Outbreak
The food market where China's deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from wolf pups to species linked to previous pandemics such as civets, according to vendor information and a Chinese media report.
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Extinction Warning For Australia's Truffle-Eating "Rat Kangaroo"
A truffle-eating Australian marsupial known as the rat kangaroo has suffered a dramatic population decline and could become extinct without urgent action to save the species, a report warned Today.
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Scientists Discover A Species Of Giant Rat
In the isolated Solomon Islands, mothers and fathers have been known to sing to their children of apocryphal rats.
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These Ancient Rats were the Size of Lap Dogs
Now researchers have discovered fossils from rat ancestors that grew to be as big as 11 pounds -- the size of a small dog.
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Archaeologists Find Dog Sized Rat
Archaeologists with the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered fossils of seven giant rat species on East Timor in Southeast Asia with the largest up to 10 times the size of modern rats.
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Vietnam Has a 'Rat King' and This is What He Does to Catch Them By The Kilo
"It's hard to trap them, they're clever, they move fast and in Vietnam there are 43 different species of rat to contend with," Mr Thieu says.
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Giant rats, fanged frogs discovered
Scientists have discovered new species of fanged frog, grunting fish and a giant rat, probably the biggest in the world.
