Move Over Sniffer Dogs, Here Come Africa's Rats
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Tom sits patiently in a cage while Jerry, tethered by a harness, scuttles around sniffing and scratching the earth.
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British researchers say they&#39;ve taught dogs to sniff out the scent of bladder cancer in urine, a feat that might someday lead to better diagnostic technology.
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People who handle rats in labs or keep them as pets are at risk of contracting a rare but potentially deadly disease called rat-bite fever, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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The rabbit-size rodents were once said to be headed for extinction, but now scientists say there are three times more of them on the African island than had been thought.
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Research into the common rat has revealed how people and certain diseases migrated around the ancient world, Australian scientists said on Friday.
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A young girl in Zimbabwe brings back food for the night for her family -- a handful of rats to help them get by for another day. "Look what we've been reduced to eating?" her mother says. It's not an uncommon sight in Zimbabwe, once considered southern Africa's bread basket and now on the sharp decline. Critics point to one man for the country's ails: President Robert Mugabe.
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China may have just ushered in the Year of the Rat, but the pesky rodents aren't welcome in its capital.
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ritish researchers have trained dogs to detect bladder cancer by sniffing human urine, opening up the possibility that dogs - or electronic noses modeled on their snouts - may one day be used to detect the disease.
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Although opium production is up in Afghanistan, cocaine consumption is rising in Europe and trafficking is growing in Africa, drug abuse is being brought under control.
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GRASSY KEY, Florida  - Deep in the heart of the Florida Keys, wildlife officials are laying bait laced with poison to try to wipe out a colony of enormous African rats that could threaten crops and other animals.
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LONDON  - The acute sense of smell that  makes dogs useful for detecting illegal substances at airports  might also be used to help doctors diagnosis bladder cancer,  researchers reported this week in the British Medical Journal.
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LONDON - Dogs can be trained to sniff out a tell-tale scent of bladder cancer from urine, early experimental results suggest. The canine&#39;s keen sense of smell allows them to identify those with bladder cancer
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Dogs can sniff out cancer, adding a new dimension to the image of man&#39;s best friend, according to research published today. Doctors writing in the British Medical Journal
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It may sound far fetched, but dogs have been trained to detect bladder cancer by simply smelling urine. The new research opens a new array of possibilities for the future of man&#39;s best friend.
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The acute sense of smell that makes dogs useful for detecting illegal substances at airports might also be used to help doctors diagnosis bladder cancer, researchers reported this week in the British Medical Journal.
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Missing marmosets, abducted alligators, purloined penguins: Thieves are targeting Europe's zoos and safari parks to supply animal collectors who want to own ever more exotic species.
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Seals track prey with them, rats sense  nearby objects with them and robots could soon be using  whiskers in a similar way to see in the dark and avoid  obstacles, researchers said on Wednesday.