PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s landmine-sniffing rat Magawa, who found more than 100 landmines and explosives during a five-year career, has died at the age of 8, leaving a lasting legacy of saved lives in ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A land-mine-detecting rat in Cambodia who received a prestigious award for his life-saving duty has died in retirement, the charity for which he had worked has announced.

APOPO said its "Hero Rat" Magawa, who has detected land mines over the past five years in Cambodia, is retiring. In a news release, the organization stated that Magawa has sniffed out and found 71 ...

After five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, Magawa is retiring. The African giant pouched rat has been the most successful rodent trained and overseen by a Belgian ...