Travelers to Southeast Asia are no strangers to Siem Reap. The city's world-class wonder, Angkor Wat, attracts curious ...

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 example, while planting a single mine may cost as little as $30, getting rid of it could cost up to $1,000. A nonprofit ...

APOPO "He's a very hardworking rat," Cindy Fast, head of APOPO's training and research efforts, tells PEOPLE of the group's star landmine-sniffing rodent Since 1979, nearly 20,000 people — many ...

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 ...

Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development (APOPO), a Belgian non-governmental organization, has just announced that HeroRAT Ronin has broken the Guinness World Record for the most ...

A rat sponsored by a Westmeath woman has achieved the Guinness World Record for the Most Landmines Detected by a Rat, thanks ...

A rat trained to find landmines in Cambodia has set a new world record. The rodent discovered over 100 landmines and ...

He’s an African giant pouched rat who’s been trained and works with the nonprofit organization APOPO. Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Cindy Fast, head of training and innovation at APOPO ...