These are African Giant Pouched Rats. Apopo is a non-profit that has turned this animal into a life-saving hero.

Imagine seeing a giant rat as a welcome sight, the same way you greet a talented colleague at work in the morning. Coffee ...

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 ...

Across the world, there are estimated to be over 110 million landmines still buried in more than 60 countries. According to ...

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

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

In Cambodia alone, these explosives have caused more than 65,000 deaths since 1979. In other words, Ronin and other rats like ...

Last week, charity APOPO said Ronin was named the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) in the organisation's history. Eímear O'Donnell from Kinnegad, Co Westmeath, was travelling in southeast ...

Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has uncovered 109 landmines and 15 unexploded ordnance (UXO) items since 2021, according to Apopo, a Belgian non-profit organisation that trains these animals, the ...

The Belgian non-profit APOPO announced that Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, had become the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) in the organization’s history, earning a Guinness World ...

Ronin, a remarkable five-year-old rat trained by APOPO, has achieved a Guinness World Record for detecting the most explosives. Deployed in Cambodia, he swiftly clears minefields, a task that ...

"His exceptional accomplishments have earned him the Guinness World Records title for most landmines detected by a rat, highlighting the critical role of HeroRats in humanitarian demining," APOPO ...