Eagerly sniffing, Baraka dashes across a stubble field. He can't see very well, but his sense of smell is extremely well-developed. Because Baraka, a giant hamster rat with an important job to do: ...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — Rats may send some squealing, but in Cambodia, teams of the not-so-little critters have become indispensable in helping specialists detect land mines that have killed and ...

An army of rats is set to sniff its way across land in Azerbaijan working, literally, for peanuts as they hunt for land mines. Photos published by Azerbaijani photojournalist Aziz Karimov in late June ...

While many might recoil at the sight of a rat, in Cambodia, a unique team of rodents is proving indispensable in the life-saving mission to clear landmines. The African giant pouched rats can grow up ...

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, ...

TRACH, Cambodia – It’s been a busy morning for Cletus, Meynard, Victoria and others of their furry band. Tiny noses and long whiskers twitching, they’ve scurried and sniffed their way across 8,300 ...

Anti-tank mines, anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions are the dragon’s teeth of modern warfare. Minefields are seldom cleared after conflicts have ended, remaining lethal for decades.

TRACH, Cambodia -- It's been a busy morning for Cletus, Meynard, Victoria and others of their furry band. Tiny noses and long whiskers twitching, they've scurried and sniffed their way across 8,300 ...