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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 ...

The African giant pouched rat named Ronin, which means 'masterless samurai,' has discovered 109 landmines and 15 items of ...

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

Cambodia remains one of the world's most heavily landmined countries, owing to the deadly civil war that ended in 1998.

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

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. Ronin ...

Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has entered the Guinness World Records for detecting over 100 landmines in Cambodia.

An African landmine-sniffing rat in Cambodia has broken a world record after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...

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 specially trained rat deployed to Cambodia, has helped locate more than 100 anti-personnel landmines littered around ...

Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for rodents ...