The reclusive subterranean rodents, often studied for their cancer-fighting biology, backfill their tunnels to regenerate ...

What if reaching 150 years old was no longer science fiction? Imagine a world where aging slowed dramatically, cancer became ...

Naked mole rats keep kingdoms underground. One queen bears all the children, while others maintain complex subterranean tunnels, forage for food, take care of newborns, and perform other necessary ...

Blind and mostly hairless, with front teeth that put beavers to shame, the naked mole-rat is one of the most unusual-looking rodents you could ever see. However, you probably won’t see one, since they ...

The naked mole rat is finger size, nearly blind, and not particularly cute, even when judged on a rodents-only curve. It also could hold the secret to near immortality: The naked mole rat lives for ...

Naked mole rats, small rodents native to East Africa, have captured the attention of scientists due to their extraordinary longevity and resistance to age-related diseases. These unique creatures are ...

A new study suggests that individuals in naked mole-rat colonies are assigned specific roles, including digging, garbage transport, and “toilet” duties. Reading time 3 minutes Perhaps you live in the ...

When the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego got their first naked mole rat colony in 2019, the researchers named them the "amigos" — Spanish for "friends." Naked mole rats are ...

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Janelle Ayres (left) and Shanes Abeywardena (right) discover that naked mole rats are capable of peaceful queen succession, demonstrating unappreciated flexibility in their social order. LA JOLLA ...

Naked mole-rats are blind and hairless and live their entire lives underground. They have two large sets of front teeth, and can move their lower set of teeth independently of each other. Each ...