Active landmines pose a serious threat in several countries across the world. A report suggests that about 110 million ...

But they’re still light enough to avoid triggering the land mines. They’re also speedy, capable of searching an area about the size of a tennis court in roughly 30 minutes, according to APOPO. It ...

A rat named Ronin has set a new Guinness World Record by detecting 109 land mines in Cambodia over the last four years.

A new analysis of a fatal landslide that occurred on 13 February 2024 at the Çöpler Gold Mine in Turkey reveals that the site ...

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 ...

A rat sponsored by a Westmeath woman has achieved the Guinness World Record for the Most Landmines Detected by a Rat, thanks ...

The HALO Trust has been working in Cambodia since the 1990s, helping to scour hundreds of square miles of contaminated land.

From land mine detection to sniffing out illegally trafficked wildlife parts, a group of trained African giant pouched rats in Tanzania is proving a valuable partner for humans, Mongabay’s Lucia ...

Contamination from land mines and explosive remnants has killed at least 249 ... Jomaa spoke while scanning farmland in a rural area east of Maarrat al-Numan with a handheld detector, pointing at a ...

Land mines are seen in a field during a ministry ... farmland in a rural area east of Maarrat al-Numan with a handheld detector, pointing at a visible anti-personnel mine nestled in dry soil.

Land mines and explosive remnants have killed at ... farmland in a rural area east of Maarat al-Numan with a handheld detector, pointing at a visible antipersonnel mine nestled in dry soil.