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 undetonated explosives in Cambodia, Belgian non-profit APOPO announced Friday.

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

One African giant pouched rat in Cambodia is making communities safer by sniffing out dangerous explosives—and he just set a record for his species. According to Smithsonian, the 5-year-old rat named ...

Rats don’t always have the best reputations ... Landmines are a major issue in former conflict zones. The explosive weapons, hidden in the ground, are designed to injure or kill anyone who ...

APOPO trains rats to detect chemicals in the mines and other weapons left behind from Cambodia’s decades-long civil war, which ended in 1998. The organization’s 104 active rodents play a ...

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The rats are trained to sniff out chemicals that are found in landmines and other weapons abandoned on battlefields. Because of their small size, the rats are not heavy enough to detonate the mines.

APOPO has a program where it teaches African giant pouched rats to sniff out the chemicals in abandoned mines and other weapons left behind in periods of war, according to Guinness World Records.