Animal experts who viewed the picture identified the animal as a Gambian pouched rat, which is a fairly common pet rat. They’re nocturnal, can grow to three feet and four pounds or more, and ...

Runa, a Gambian Pouched Rat, is an ambassador for other 'Hero Rats' that are using their noses to spot illegally trafficked wildlife at ports of entry, landmines on the battlefield, ...

The Gambian giant pouched rat is not a marsupial, as reported in a June 14 Style article. It is a rodent. (Published 7/9/03) The number one question in the nation's unprecedented outbreak of ...

The African giant rat (aka Gambian pouched rat), or, in scientific parlance, Cricetomys gambianus, is a true rat of the family Muridae and of the order Rodentia. It is no more a marsupial than I am.

A Gambian rat who was training to be a landmine detector arrived at the San Diego Zoo a few weeks ago. ... SUMMERS: Runa is a Gambian pouched rat, also called an African giant pouched rat.

There's no clear "best sniffer" in the animal kingdom, but one contender is the Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus, a species of African pouched rat), which can be trained to smell landmines ...

When it comes to giant rat infestations, New York gets all the attention. But a breed of giant Gambian rats have been rapidly reproducing in the Florida Keys despite a decade-long effort to wipe ...

As if child slave labor in China wasn't bad enough, Footlocker's reputation took another hit recently when a Twitter used named @Thegoodfella_ tweeted a photo of a five foot rat went viral on the web.

A Gambian rat who was training to be a landmine detector arrived at the San Diego Zoo a few weeks ago. She's better suited to her new role as a rat ambassador.