Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has discovered 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance scattered across ...

After seven years of devoted work, Carolina, an African giant pouched rat, had sniffed out more than 3,000 cases of ...

An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other undetonated explosives in Cambodia, Belgian non-profit APOPO announced Friday.

Ronin the African giant pouched rat set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat. Guinness World Records gave the distinction to Ronin on World Rat Day, which fell on Friday.

Last year, African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of their extreme sense of smell. Carolina, an African giant ...

A landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record to become the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines and other deadly war remnants. Ronin, an African giant pouched rat ...

A landmine-hunting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record by sniffing out more than 100 mines and pieces of unexploded ordnance, a charity said Friday. Ronin, a giant African pouched rat ...

No, this foreign invader is a snail. But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the ...