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

A rat named Ronin has set a new Guinness World Record by detecting 109 land mines in Cambodia over the last four years.

Active landmines pose a serious threat in several countries across the world. A report suggests that about 110 million ...

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

Ronin wakes up before sunrise and, after having sunscreen applied to his ears and tail, he goes to work — and spends12 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...