Former conflict zones are littered with land mines, a type of controversial concealed weapon designed to kill or maim anyone ...

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...

Ronin the African giant pouched rat set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat. Guinness World Records ...

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but a rat called Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that.

He’s a working sniff. A busy and highly trained rat has set a new world record after using his nose to find 109 landmines. Mr ...

Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, has tracked down 109 landmines and 15 other potentially deadly war remnants since his ...

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other undetonated explosives in Cambodia, Belgian non-profit APOPO announced Friday.

It’s crucial work. An estimated 110 million landmines are still buried in over 60 countries around the world, said landmine detection nonprofit APOPO. In 2023, landmines caused 5,757 casualties ...

Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has uncovered 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021, charity Apopo, which trains the animals, said in a statement. Cambodia remains ...