Animals are awesome. But which is the ultimate champion? Over the next seven weeks, we’ll be pitting some of nature’s most remarkable creatures against one another in a series of virtual battles. Two ...

WEBVTT YOU CAN COMMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR THE NEXT MONTH. LISA: DOCTOR KIM HAMMOND FROM FALLS ROAD ANIMAL HOSPITAL IS HERE. AND HE JOINS US WITH -- WHO IS THIS? DR. HAMMOND : IT IS A REALLY ...

Source: John Brighenti, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Naked mole-rats are weird. Native to East Africa, they live underground in highly ordered and hierarchical colonies with a ...

Elizabeth Lopatto is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. This column is part of a ...

Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows and whales — and to communicate back. Naked mole rats live in large, underground colonies and have an elaborate ...

Naked mole rats are the superheroes of the subterranean world. The African rodent enjoys extreme longevity (up to 31 years), is resistant to cancer, feels no pain when splashed with acid or spicy hot ...

Animals are awesome. But which is the ultimate champion? Over seven weeks, we are pitting some of nature’s most remarkable creatures against one another in a series of virtual battles. Two animals per ...

Being a freak of nature isn't always a bad thing, especially if you defy the conventions of aging. Naked mole rats and turtles are outliers when it comes to the rules of nature. The mole rat lives up ...