The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is found in the dry regions of East Africa. These hairless, wrinkly rodents live ...

“Moles feed day and night, and burrowing occurs year-round. They do not hibernate,” says Robert Pierce, PhD, state extension fisheries and wildlife specialist at the University of Missouri.

As in some insect species, the queen is the only naked mole rat female to breed and bear young. Worker animals dig the burrows that the whole clan inhabits, using their prominent teeth and snouts.

Individuals living in wet soils burrow above and below the water table, and moles near water usually have tunnels that open at, or below, the water surface. Enlarged, dry sections of the tunnels serve ...

In a world-first, scientists have unearthed the genetic secrets of Australia’s elusive southern marsupial mole.

Researchers visited the small village of Vučedol several times following the rumors of blind mole rat sightings. These ...

“I thought that was just really cool.” “It nicely maps out how the evolution of marsupial moles and changes in their ...

Moles do feed on your crops. But, it is their burrowing activity that concerns farmers. The ridges make mowing difficult in case of lawns, and for crops the root system is affected. Their activity ...

It's also the southernmost U.S. mole skink, found mainly in Dry Tortugas and the Lower Keys along Florida's shoreline, living in sandy areas where it burrows deep for refuge. But this little lizard is ...

Chris Packham uses a man-made burrow to observe the ways that moles have adapted for life underground. He explains how they require less oxygen than other mammals and, though they have poor ...

Blind mole rats are burrowing animals, spending most of their lives deep underground where they feed on plants, the study said. Many species of blind mole rat look similar, making them difficult ...