Biologists have determined how blind mole rats fight off cancer -- and the mechanism differs from what they discovered three years ago in another long-lived and cancer-resistant mole rat species, the ...

Found in swampy areas of North America, the star-nosed mole's titular appendage consists of 22 probes with 25,000 sensory ...

In the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, where guys dressed like the Marlboro Man loaf at gas stations and kids hang out at two-step dance halls, a sarcastic 55-year-old biologist from Zimbabwe is ...

The upside is you live a ridiculously long and healthy life, can’t develop cancer, feel very little pain, never get lonely and have great skin right to the end. The downside is you breathe stinky air, ...

Once you eat somebody’s poop, there’s an undeniable bond between the two of you. That’s especially the case if you’re a naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber), one of the strangest mammals in the ...

Discover the ugliest animals in the world, from the Blobfish to the Naked Mole-Rat. See why these bizarre creatures are truly ...

Unlocking secrets from East Africa's naked mole rats, scientists are amazed by their cancer immunity and unique social structure. New studies reveal ...

Sequencing the genome of the long-lived naked mole rat opens a "treasure trove" of information to scientists. An international team now reports the completed naked mole rat genome sequence. Scientists ...

The naked mole-rat lives for thirty years – compared to 1-2 years for other rodents – and we’ve never found any evidence that it can get cancer. Now we’re peeking inside its genome to figure out what ...

The naked mole rat must be one of the strangest mammals in existence. They live in underground colonies like those of ants and bees, with a fertile queen lording over sterile workers. They feel no ...