Ronin, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, has found 109 land mines and 15 other unexploded ordnances in Cambodia ...

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

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

An African giant pouched rat is receiving accolades ... Plus, APOPO says it hasn't lost one of its land-mine-sniffing rats yet. As for Ronin, his "intelligence and natural curiosity help him ...

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 ...

A rat has for the first time won a British charity’s top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. Magawa, a giant African ...

From land mine detection to sniffing out illegally trafficked wildlife parts, a group of trained African giant pouched rats in Tanzania is proving a valuable partner for humans, Mongabay’s Lucia ...

Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, has tracked down 109 landmines and 15 other potentially ... Magawa, who was awarded a gold medal for heroism for clearing mines from about 225,000 square metres of ...

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 ...