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. The ...
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African giant pouched rats have serious jobs to do. In the past, the species has been trained to detect explosives, like landmines, as well as a tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Their superior sniffers ...
A rat trained in search and rescue operations exits simulated earthquake rubble at APOPO's facility in Morogoro, Tanzania, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Denton) MOROGORO, Tanzania (AP) — A ...
A rat named Ronin has set a new Guinness World Record by detecting 109 land mines in Cambodia over the last four years. Ronin is an African giant pouched rat who works with APOPO, a nonprofit that ...
Landmines are one of the most dangerous legacies of war, continuing to kill and injure long after the fighting has ended. These hidden threats lurk beneath roads, villages, and fields. Tragically, ...
MOROGORO, Tanzania — A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, ...
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