San Diego Zoo wildlife care specialist Lauren Credidio provides a treat to Runa, an African giant pouched rat, after she searched and found a pouch of chamomile tea during a presentation at the ...

A rat named Ronin has set a new Guinness World Record by detecting 109 land mines in Cambodia over the last four years. Ronin is an African giant pouched rat who works with APOPO, a nonprofit that ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dinosaurs have taken over the Kansas City Zoo — but don't worry; they're friendly. These dinosaurs are part of the Kansas City Zoo’s new Dinosaurs Around the World exhibit.

According to Smithsonian, the 5-year-old rat named Ronin found 109 land mines to date in the small community of Sror Aem, Preah Vihear, Cambodia, and 15 more unexploded weapons from August 2021 to ...

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.

Addis Ababa, April 6, 2025 (E NA)— A mine-sniffing rat has earned a Guinness World Records title for sniffing more than 100 landmines and items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Cambodia, charity ...

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.

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.

MOROGORO, Tanzania — Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception ...

Mirasol and Maria (who sat out this story) are two African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Mirasol’s 1.7 kilograms equals about 3.75 pounds.

The zoo plans to open a new exhibit dubbed “Celebrating Black History in Perkins Woods” that explores the history of Akron's Perkins Woods − a park where the Akron Zoo now calls home.