Anti-personnel mines continue to maim and kill even after conflicts end — and it is mainly civilians who suffer the horrific ...

Leaving behind a decades-long legacy of threats to life, land mines continue to be used across conflict zones and surrounding areas. Globally, the challenge remains immense. A 2024 NATO report notes ...

AI-powered drones are now scanning minefields in Ukraine at a pace that manual survey teams cannot match, with one company ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukraine is just one of many conflict zones contaminated by land mines. Maksym Kishka/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images With ...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — Rats may send some squealing, but in Cambodia, teams of the not-so-little critters have become indispensable in helping specialists detect land mines that have killed and ...

An African giant pouched rat named Magawa has earned a medal for his “lifesaving bravery and devotion to duty” in his work to detect land mines in Cambodia. The New York Times reports that Magawa is ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sagar Lekhak, Rochester Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) At least 57 nations ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) With new conflicts, the number of mines continues to grow. For farmers, children and ...