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 ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — 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. Magawa ...