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

With its work since 2021 in the Preah Vihear province, Ronin has surpassed the legacy of Magawa, who passed away in 2022 after retiring and having identified 71 landmines and 38 unexploded ...

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

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 ...

Ronin was deployed in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province in August 2021 to detect landmines and war remnants through sniffing.

The rats are highly versatile and have also been trained to detect tuberculosis in medical settings, helping to prevent the spread of infectious disease. The Belgian nonprofit’s team of landmine ...

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

Five-year-old Ronin has been named the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) in the organisation's history. "His exceptional accomplishments have earned him the Guinness World Records title for ...

The giant pouched rat has been named by the Belgian charity as its most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) for uncovering 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021, Apopo said ...