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

A landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record to become the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines and ...

With their enormous cheek pouches and keen sense of smell, the giant pouched rat is making waves—not just in living rooms, but also on minefields and in hospitals. As a pet, it presents a challenge ...

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 ...

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, an African giant pouched rat, has uncovered 109 landmines ... Because of their small size, the rats are not heavy enough to detonate the mines. The rats can check an area the size of ...

HeroRAT Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has earned a Guinness World Records title as the most successful mine-detection rat. Guinness World Records Managing Editor, Adam Millward, praised the ...

A bomb-detecting rat has smashed a world record by sniffing out more than 100 landmines in Cambodia. Since his deployment in 2021, Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, has sniffed out 109 landmines ...

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.