JOHANNESBURG – The pangolin, a scaly anteater coveted by poachers, might have a new champion: rats that will be trained to sniff out trafficked pangolin parts in shipments heading from Africa to Asia.

NEW YORK -- A moment caught on camera on a New York City subway train gave literal meaning to the term rat race. Standing passengers jumped up onto their seats to get away as a rat ran up and down the ...

Anyone who's taken a SEPTA train before knows that rats exist in the stations. I tend to cringe at the sight of every rodent that moves around on the tracks, but one thought that never crossed my ...