Researchers have documented remarkable behavior in African mole rats that appears strikingly similar to farming. By feeding ...

Often overlooked, the hairy-tailed mole is a vital ecosystem engineer hiding in Ohio's wooded habitats.

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 ...

Historic numbers of animals across the globe have become endangered or extinct. And according to the United Nations, the rate at which species are being pushed to extinction is accelerating. But, some ...

Animals in children's stories are often depicted as living in neat mom, dad and children family units. Examples include Fantastic Mr. Fox, 101 Dalmatians and, more recently, Peppa Pig and Bluey. But, ...

Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

One mammal of North Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma is superbly adapted for its underground life and is almost never seen above ground; but its shallow, subsurface tunnels (or runs) and surface mounds ...

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 ...

Conservationists and geneticists in South Africa have rediscovered a blind mole species lost to science nearly 90 years ago. The De Winton’s golden mole, known for its iridescent coat and ...