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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

in the Siem Reap region of Cambodia as part of the Belgian non-profit APOPO. APOPO has a program where it teaches African giant pouched rats to sniff out the chemicals in abandoned mines and other ...

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 ...