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

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

A Westmeath woman has expressed her surprise and pride after a landmine-hunting rat that she adopted in Cambodia set a world ...

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...

HeroRAT Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has earned a Guinness World Records title as the most successful mine-detection rat. Guinness World Records Managing Editor, Adam Millward, praised the ...

APOPO announced that Ronin has detected over 100 deadly explosives, making him the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) in the organization's history. The charity stated, "His exceptional ...

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...

A mine-sniffing rat has earned a Guinness World Records title for sniffing more than 100 landmines and items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Cambodia, charity APOPO said in a news release on Friday.

Adam Millward, managing editor of Guinness World Records, also hailed the critical impact of the work being done by mine detection rats. “Guinness World Records feats are not always just about ...