But for Ronin the rat, sniffing out land mines is a breeze. He recently set a new world record for the “most land mines detected by a rat”—and he’s just getting started.

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 ...

Rats, the scientists say, are ideal sniffer animals and have already been trained to identify the aroma of landmines and tuberculosis. They are cheap, easy to train, can work with a range of ...

Without being able to talk to each other, rats use sniffing as one way to answer key questions about strangers. Is that a female? Can I mate with her? Is this one sick? What did he eat? — All of ...

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 ...

Giant African rats may soon be the key to fighting illegal wildlife trafficking.. New research from nonprofit APOPO, published Oct. 29, shows that African giant pouched rats can be trained to ...

APOPO has a program where it teaches African giant pouched rats to sniff out the chemicals in abandoned mines and other weapons left behind in periods of war, according to Guinness World Records.

A trained rat wearing a special vest to alert handlers when they detect a target. Giant African rats are being trained to sniff out illegal goods like elephant tusks, rhino horns, and pangolin scales.

Super-Sniffing Rat Sets a New World Record for Discovering Deadly Land Mines—and He’s Just Getting Started Ronin, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, has found 109 land mines and 15 other ...

(CNN) — 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 ...