The blue crane, South Africa’s national bird, is now at greater risk of extinction, as a new regional assessment lists the ...

Besides humans, very few mammals receive care from their fathers. But when species do, it may benefit their children. New ...

Indeed, the announcement of the ADC threw the APC off-balance and created anxiety among many of its members and supporters. Try as many of them could to cover their alarm, it was manifest in their ...

The SPCA of Upstate New York is caring for 129 snakes and nearly 1,000 rats and mice to feed them that all need new, permanent homes.

Pan African Foods Distribution Inc – White Corn Flour (10 kg): EXP Date: 04/04/2027 Sujata – Multi-grain flour: EXP Date: 13 SEP 2025 Akanoze Fou Fou: EXP Date: 10 SEP 2026, 10/09/2026 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Operations have been halted at Pan-African Food Distributors in Louisville after inspectors discovered a rodent infestation. That's according to information posted last ...

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that puff adders (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient at controlling rodent populations that ...

African rats are larger than the familiar brown rats found here in the U.S., which helps them navigate large areas without getting tired, Fast said. African giant pouched rats can live from 8 to ...

From land mine detection to sniffing out illegally trafficked wildlife parts, a group of trained African giant pouched rats in Tanzania is proving a valuable partner for humans, Mongabay’s Lucia ...

And while rats may be much-maligned in society, Carolina and her peers in East Africa have raised detection rates for TB—the leading cause of death worldwide by infectious disease—by 40 ...

African giant pouched rats aren’t the only animals capable of detecting diseases and TB is not the only disease where animals have been used. Some animals excel where technology falls short.

MOROGORO, Tanzania — 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.