A nonprofit named Apopo looked at this problem and came up with what’s possibly the most innovative, practical, and ...

For the past four years an African giant pouched rat named Ronin has been using his sensitive nose to sniff out ...

A rat named Ronin has set a new Guinness World Record by detecting 109 land mines in Cambodia over the last four years.

Some consider rats, not to be confused with mice, as pests. Others deem them lifesavers. One African giant pouched rat in Cambodia is making communities safer by sniffing out dangerous explosives—and ...

(CNN) — Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for ...

A rat trained to find landmines in Cambodia has set a new world record. The rodent discovered over 100 landmines and ...

Ronin the African giant pouched rat set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat. Guinness World Records gave the distinction to Ronin on World Rat Day, which fell on Friday.

Ronin and his fellow rats are aiding ongoing efforts to detect and clear some of the 4 to 6 million landmines and other unexploded munitions that lie hidden in Cambodia after years of conflict.

A rat sponsored by a Westmeath woman has achieved the Guinness World Record for the Most Landmines Detected by a Rat, thanks ...

A rat named Ronin has earned a Guinness World Record for finding the most landmines, lifesaving work he’s performed in Cambodia. He’s an African giant pouched rat who’s been trained and ...

"He's a very hardworking rat," Cindy Fast, head of APOPO's training and research efforts, tells PEOPLE of the group's star landmine-sniffing rodent Since 1979, nearly 20,000 people — many of ...