We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive underground but cannot handle the lack of carbon dioxide above.

Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in ...

There are many different kinds of mole rats. The best known is probably the naked mole rat, whose hairless, tubular, wrinkled body makes it appear a bit like a tiny walrus—or perhaps a bratwurst ...

The marsupial mole, an elusive creature that swims through the sands of remote Australian deserts, seems to have suffered an ...

Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia's most elusive animals, the marsupial mole.

An curved arrow pointing right. The blind De Winton's golden mole, thought to be lost for nearly a century, was found in South Africa using eDNA, a technique that examines DNA left in the environment.

Scientists found a cat with a dead mole rat and rediscovered a rodent considered extinct and not seen in the country for 120 years. Google Street View May 2023 ...

An international research team involving the University of Münster has decoded the complete genome of the marsupial mole for the first time. The results shed new light on the evolution of this rare ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to reconsider protections for the Cedar Key mole skink, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed ...