Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct. 29, shows that African giant pouched rats can be trained to identify ...

A new method that uses a simple air sample and the power of a dog’s nose makes it easy to check shipping containers for trafficked wildlife.

New technology can tell if an animal sold in the legal wildlife trade was bred in captivity or captured illegally from the wild. Through analysis of stable isotopes in claw and fur samples, police in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct.

(FOX40.COM) – A California nonprofit is working to identify what kinds of species are making their homes in San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties by collecting approximately 600 soil samples. Staff at ...