His quest is to prove that African rodents caused a monkeypox outbreak in the Midwest in 2003 John Woolard with the United States Department of Agriculture, talks about the African Gambian Pouch Rat ...

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 monkeypox ...

While the jury is still out on whether or not the African giant pouched rat is cute, it’s harder to deny the impressive power of its nose. Tanzania-based non-profit APOPO has already demonstrated the ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A virus similar to smallpox apparently jumped from pet prairie dogs to at least four people -- possibly dozens -- in the disease's first appearance in the Western Hemisphere. Four ...

SAN DIEGO — A giant African rat at the San Diego Zoo is showing off her sense of smell and improving the reputation of her fellow rats along the way. Runa, a Gambian Pouched Rat, is an ambassador for ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A shipment of Gambian rats suspected of being the source of monkeypox in the Midwest may have spent time in Iowa before being shipped to Illinois, state health officials said ...

The African giant pouched rat (also known as the Gambian pouched rat) is a docile, intelligent rodent that weighs about nine pounds when fully grown. A non-profit organization in Belgium trains them ...

There's nothing like a good pox to whip the U.S. government into action. It remains to be seen, however, if the outbreak of a recent virus, spread by exotic animals, will produce action or a temporary ...