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 ...

BOMB-sniffing “hero” rats could be trained to weed out cases of coronavirus, researchers have said. The innovative idea comes after an African giant pouched rat called Magawa was given … ...

Bomb-sniffing rats could be trained to detect coronavirus, researchers have suggested. The African giant pouched rat achieved a new status of celebrity when one of its number named ‘Magawa ...

Magawa, a heroic bomb-sniffing rat who is credited with saving lives, has died "His contribution allows communities in Cambodia to live, work, and play; without fear of losing life or limb," the ...

One rat can search 200 square meters in 20 minutes while a deminer with a metal detector can take 1-4 days to search the same area, according to James Pursey, APOPO’s communications manager.

Giant rats from Africa have proven to be expert detectors of landmines, and are speeding up the process of creating a mine-free world. But mine detection isn't their only useful talent.

Rats are being used to sniff out any sort of animal trafficking, by having them check for particular scents through the vents in shipping containers. (Submitted by APOPO)Bad reputation.

Sniffer rats have several potential advantages over dogs. They instinctively nose around new terrain, they can reach places dogs' can't, are cheaper, smaller, and many cultures see them as more ...

The Apopo Landmine Project and Visitor’s Centre opened here in 2014 and uses trained African giant pouched rats, aka “hero rats”, to sniff out landmines and other deadly devices in remote ...

A baby rat in a tiny red and black harness twitches its pointed nose incessantly, probing a grassy field where it is being trained by a pioneering Belgian NGO to smell out deadly landmines.

In initial observations, Wesson saw that when one rat started sniffing another's body or behind, both rats ramped up their level of sniffing. But when one rat started sniffing the other's face ...

Sniff signals are low-pass filtered at 12.5 Hz. (d) Odorant-evoked calcium signal after one sniff in an awake rat ('odor') and nerve shock–evoked signal in an anesthetized rat ('stim').