African rats are larger than the familiar brown rats found here in the U.S., which helps them navigate large areas without getting tired, Fast said. African giant pouched rats can live from 8 to ...

African rats are larger than the familiar brown rats found here in the U.S., which helps them navigate large areas without getting tired, Fast said. African giant pouched rats can live from 8 to ...

One African giant pouched rat in Cambodia is making communities safer by sniffing out dangerous explosives—and he just set a record for his species. According to Smithsonian, ...

Ronin is an African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) that works with APOPO, a Belgian nonprofit using rats and dogs to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems.In addition to ...

Some of the earlier generations of the African giant pouched rats at APOPO had worked on Weetjens’s original goal of detecting land mines, while others were trained to sniff out tuberculosis.

Ronin, an African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), has achieved the distinction of being the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) in the organization's history, the news release said.

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.

HeroRAT Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has earned a Guinness World Records title as the most successful mine-detection rat. Guinness World Records Managing Editor, Adam Millward, praised the ...

Carolina is an African giant pouched rat who can screen 100 sputum (i.e phlegm) samples for tuberculosis in 20 minutes—much faster than a human, who takes four days to process the same amount of ...

African giant pouched rats aren’t the only animals capable of detecting diseases and TB is not the only disease where animals have been used. Some animals excel where technology falls short.

The African giant pouched rat has an exceptional sense of smell and is a social and intelligent animal that can be trained. Lucia Torres Feb 28, 2025 · 07:30 pm ...