Elizabeth Bowen Visiting Cambodia some years ago, I came upon a band of musicians busking at the side of the road. The dozen ...

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...

Across the world, there are estimated to be over 110 million landmines still buried in more than 60 countries. According to the Mine Action Review, in 2023, there were 1,431 deaths and 5,241 recorded ...

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

Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has entered the Guinness World Records for detecting over 100 landmines in Cambodia.

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

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but a rat called Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that.

The achievement is nothing to squeak at, as this rodent of unusual size, an African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), is basically helping to save lives. Ronin and his fellow rats are ...

Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, has tracked down 109 landmines and 15 other potentially deadly war remnants since his ...

Ronin, a specially trained rat deployed to Cambodia, has helped locate more than 100 anti-personnel landmines littered around ...