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 ...

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 ...

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

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how APOPO trains African giant pouched rats to save lives Not a fan of rats? Well, they might save your life. APOPO is a global nonprofit organization that trains ...

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 ...

From land mine detection to sniffing out illegally trafficked wildlife parts, a group of trained African giant pouched rats in Tanzania is proving a valuable partner for humans, Mongabay’s Lucia ...

He’s a working sniff. A busy and highly trained rat has set a world record after using his nose to find 109 landmines. Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has been hunting landmines in Cambodia since ...

A rat has sniffed his way into the record books — and saved lives in the process. Ronin the African giant pouched rat set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat. Guinness ...

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.