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

when a Polish military patrol was decimated by land mines on a beach near Arbroath. Kosacki with the help from Sgt. Andrzej Gabros needed only 3 months to build the breakthrough detector ...

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 ...

“We’ve taught them to detect land mines, and they do it with astonishing ... also hailed the critical impact of the work being done by mine detection rats. “Guinness World Records feats ...

Last week, charity APOPO said Ronin was named the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR ... stats on how many landmines he has detected and land he has cleared. But seeing him break a world ...

Five-year-old Ronin has been named the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR ... clearing mines from about 225,000 square metres of land -- the equivalent of 42 football pitches -- died in ...