/tags/rats Rats en-US Copyright Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:59:00 GMT /podcast/creep/2021-08-19/rat-race Rats have been hitching a ride with humans around the globe for so long, it’s easy to forget that in most places they are an invasive species. These clever, voracious vermin have staked their claim on cities across six continents, but in some parts of the world, there’s a push to reclaim key places from rats and rebuild fractured native ecosystems. | Support CREEP with a donation at wunc.org/give. Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:59:00 GMT /podcast/creep/2021-08-19/rat-race Elizabeth Friend, Laura Pellicer /science-technology/2014-02-27/enormous-african-rats-detect-landmines-across-the-continent Most Americans think of rats as nuisances to be trapped and destroyed. But in Tanzania, giant pouched rats use their acute sense of smell to detect… Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:08:56 GMT /science-technology/2014-02-27/enormous-african-rats-detect-landmines-across-the-continent Nicole Campbell, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-02-27/enormous-african-rats-detect-landmines-across-the-continent Most Americans think of rats as nuisances to be trapped and destroyed. But in Tanzania, giant pouched rats use their acute sense of smell to detect… Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:08:56 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-02-27/enormous-african-rats-detect-landmines-across-the-continent Nicole Campbell, Frank Stasio