Rats are learning to wear backpacks that can be equipped with location trackers and microphones, so the animals can help human rescuers locate survivors stuck in earthquake debris The Hero Rats ...

African giant pouched rats, which have previously been trained to sniff out buried mines and detect tuberculosis, are now being used to stop smuggling in Tanzania, The Guardian reported. Endangered ...

African giant pouched rats use their acute sense of smell to sniff out landmines and detect TB in sputum samples. Now, they are set to become... Daniel is on a mission. Somewhere in the rubble and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daniel the rat.Rats are being trained to be sent into earthquake debris wearing tiny backpacks - so rescue teams can talk to ...