Naked mole-rats — with their subterranean societies made up of a single breeding pair and an army of workers — seem like mammals trying their hardest to live like insects. Nearly 300 of the bald, ...

Evolving a dig-in-the-dark mole lifestyle comes with radical anatomical changes, making it hard even to guess the animal’s closest relatives. That’s why the true identity of Australia’s most enigmatic ...

The naked mole rat has been boggling the minds of scientists for many years now. What it lacks in conventual cuteness it makes up for with some superpower-like qualities. It can survive for 18 minutes ...

In medieval Europe and early colonial America, moles were seen as a sign of demonic possession (as was everything else). The ancient Greeks and Chinese, however, used the markings to try to decipher ...

An international team of scientists has for the first time identified two new underground mammals that could have been living, undetected, in eastern Turkey for up to 3 million years. They say it is ...

Your instinct might be to recoil from the fleshy naked mole-rat, but that would be a big mistake. These rodents, also known as "sand puppies," are scientifically fascinating: They're the only mammals ...

Scientists still find thousands of new species on Earth every year, but finding a new mammal is a relative rarity. Scientists have found not one, but two new species of mole native to southeastern ...

There may be no stranger—or more impressive—critter than the naked mole-rat. They may look unassuming, but they can defy aging, have an astonishingly high pain tolerance, and are resistant to cancer.

European moles can ride out harsh winters by becoming up to 11% smaller. A team of German researchers found that the species Talpa europaea is one of a handful that seasonally shrink themselves during ...