Trained Rats

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...

Jasmita Pati expressed her shock and highlighted the unclean conditions on the train.

The video, posted by a social media user who frequently travels by train, reveals rats freely roaming in the train's pantry.

The researchers say that the small size of the rodents, excellent sense of smell together with their adventurous spirit makes them the perfect animal to help in such disasters.

Scientists are training rats to rescue people trapped during earthquakes. Specialist backpacks containing microphones and video gear as well as location trackers will be created in order to allow rescue teams to communicate with survivors.

A young man's body, found on a train on Thursday night, was bitten by rats after the Railway Police or GRP left it in a hut outside the station in Madhya Pradesh's Itarsi city, near Bhopal.

The Premier League conducted 748 tests on players and staff on Sunday and Monday as part of their bid to restart matches in June.

Since 1997, a non-profit organisation headquartered in Tanzania has been training African giant pouched rats to detect two things: landmines and tuberculosis. These trained rats are nicknamed 'HeroRats'.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) developed the new "game" and is testing it out for the first time on teams in Thailand's Chonburi province in a bid to recreate the daunting challenge of identifying bodies, which can help in repatriating them to families.

The operation to rescue over 15 people trapped inside a "rat hole" coal mine in Meghalaya for the last 15 days is one of the most challenging the National Disaster Response Force has seen, its commandant SK Sastri told NDTV.

A five-foot-long rat snake was rescued from the campus of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in New Delhi, a wildlife conservation NGO said Wednesday.

A passenger bitten by a rat while travelling in a train was today awarded a compensation of Rs 25,000 by a consumer forum which also directed the railways to pay additional Rs 2,000 towards medical expenses.

No matter if you are new to working out, or a seasoned gym rat, it is always a good time to check if you are making these mistakes at the gym

In a video recorded inside a New York subway train, commuters were terrorised by a rat who hitched a free ride on the train.

An Orissa High Court judge today got off the Mumbai-bound Konark Express train because of a foul smell coming from a dead rodent in his air-conditioned coach.

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...

Jasmita Pati expressed her shock and highlighted the unclean conditions on the train.

The video, posted by a social media user who frequently travels by train, reveals rats freely roaming in the train's pantry.

The researchers say that the small size of the rodents, excellent sense of smell together with their adventurous spirit makes them the perfect animal to help in such disasters.

Scientists are training rats to rescue people trapped during earthquakes. Specialist backpacks containing microphones and video gear as well as location trackers will be created in order to allow rescue teams to communicate with survivors.

A young man's body, found on a train on Thursday night, was bitten by rats after the Railway Police or GRP left it in a hut outside the station in Madhya Pradesh's Itarsi city, near Bhopal.

The Premier League conducted 748 tests on players and staff on Sunday and Monday as part of their bid to restart matches in June.

Since 1997, a non-profit organisation headquartered in Tanzania has been training African giant pouched rats to detect two things: landmines and tuberculosis. These trained rats are nicknamed 'HeroRats'.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) developed the new "game" and is testing it out for the first time on teams in Thailand's Chonburi province in a bid to recreate the daunting challenge of identifying bodies, which can help in repatriating them to families.

The operation to rescue over 15 people trapped inside a "rat hole" coal mine in Meghalaya for the last 15 days is one of the most challenging the National Disaster Response Force has seen, its commandant SK Sastri told NDTV.

A five-foot-long rat snake was rescued from the campus of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in New Delhi, a wildlife conservation NGO said Wednesday.

A passenger bitten by a rat while travelling in a train was today awarded a compensation of Rs 25,000 by a consumer forum which also directed the railways to pay additional Rs 2,000 towards medical expenses.

No matter if you are new to working out, or a seasoned gym rat, it is always a good time to check if you are making these mistakes at the gym

In a video recorded inside a New York subway train, commuters were terrorised by a rat who hitched a free ride on the train.

An Orissa High Court judge today got off the Mumbai-bound Konark Express train because of a foul smell coming from a dead rodent in his air-conditioned coach.