Training wildlife-sniffing rats. Many of the rats, who were studied at Apopo in Tanzania, were named after conservationists and advocates against wildlife trafficking ...

APOPO has been training mine-detecting rats for over 25 years. Ronin underwent clicker training, where the rat learns to associate the sound of a click with a treat, to motivate him to learn how ...

APOPO, HeroRATs, and Clearing Landmines in Cambodia Traditionally, removing landmines is dangerous and expensive work. But the use of these rats is changing the game.

Ronin on minefield next to danger sign. (Courtesy of APOPO) 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 ...

APOPO uses its rats to detect landmines in Senegal, Cambodia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Angola. In 2020, an APOPO rat named Magawa received one of the highest distinctions an animal could receive .

Non-profit APOPO is training African giant pouched rats to help in the global fight against the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Here, a rat on a lead searches for concealed wildlife ...

For the past four years an African giant pouched rat named Ronin has been using his sensitive nose to sniff out record-breaking 109 landmines and ... The life-changing results of APOPO’s [rats], ...

Ronin is an African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) that works with APOPO, a Belgian nonprofit using rats and dogs to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems.In addition to ...

Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking.. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct. 29, shows that African giant pouched rats can be trained to ...

These rats are nocturnal with a highly evolved sense of smell that helps them sniff out explosives, said Cindy Fast, head of training and research at APOPO. African rats are larger than the ...

Non-profit APOPO says it has trained rats to sniff out elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and other wildlife products that are trafficked out of Africa.

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 ...