A rat named Ronin has earned a Guinness World Record for finding the most landmines, lifesaving work he's performed in ...

“Ronin has detected an impressive 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), surpassing the previous record ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Guinness World Records / APOPO Former conflict zones are littered with land mines, a type of controversial concealed weapon designed to kill or maim anyone who walks or drives over them.

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 ...

Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development (APOPO), a Belgian non-governmental organization, has just announced that HeroRAT Ronin has broken the Guinness World Record for the most ...