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

A rat trained to find landmines in Cambodia has set a new world record. The rodent discovered over 100 landmines and ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A landmine-hunting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record by sniffing out more than 100 mines and pieces of unexploded ...