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 ...

Despite being regarded as one of Africa’s most breathtaking wildernesses and among the eight best Safari destinations in ...

One such initiative is of APOPO, a non-profit organisation, headquartered in Tanzania and working in 11 countries, that trains African giant pouched rats (nicknamed HeroRATS), to detect TB in ...

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. With its intelligence ...

South Africa's government and state-owned logistics group Transnet are looking at new ways to attract private investment in the country's ailing freight rail network, the Transport Minister said on ...

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Experts warn that South Africa is on the brink of an avian influenza disaster, urging the government to act swiftly to ...

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

The department of forestry, fisheries and environment has confirmed the presence of the high pathogenicity avian influenza ...

From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world ...

Academy Award-winner Pippa Ehrlich —director of My Octopus Teacher — is back with a new documentary about one of Earth's ...