This is footage of a naked mole rat in the Gorbunova and Seluanov Labs at the University of Rochester. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

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 ...

Image by Amy Downes. Characteristic red-sand mounds excavated by the mole-rats. The African mole-rats are an intriguing group of Mammals, and we started talking to research groups and scientists ...

Back in the early 1860s, just a few years after he first published On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin came up with a hypothesis about Angraecum sesquipedale, otherwise known as the Star-of ...

University of Pretoria (UP) scientists have contributed to discovering how the naked mole rat is able to withstand heart ...

Naked mole rats are the longest-living rodents on the planet. Most mice, rats, and hamsters don't live beyond five years old. Despite their wrinkly exterior, mole rats are young at heart ...

Scientists have found that the naked mole-rat—an underground rodent that lives up to 40 years—has lost a number of CD1 functional genes. The CD1 gene family in mammals is responsible for ...

Dr Chris Faulkes’ research into evolution and biodiversity led to the discovery of two new mole-rat species in Tanzania. His team’s assessment for one of the species to be given ‘Endangered’ status, ...

Celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m., Mole Day commemorates "Avogadro's Number": 6.02 x 10 23. This number--called a mole--is a basic measuring unit in chemistry. Mole Day ...