The naked mole rat, a hairless burrowing rodent native to the arid grasslands of the Horn of Africa, has become one of ...

In the dry grasslands of East Africa, a small, wrinkled rodent spends nearly its entire life underground in a way that has quietly upended assumptions about how mammals age. The naked mole-rat can ...

Naked mole-rats are blind and hairless and live their entire lives underground. They have two large sets of front teeth, and can move their lower set of teeth independently of each other. Each ...

Naked mole rats keep kingdoms underground. One queen bears all the children, while others maintain complex subterranean tunnels, forage for food, take care of newborns, and perform other necessary ...

Scovill Zoo Director, Heather Purdeu, tells CI Living Host Kayla Campbell a few interesting facts about the naked mole rat.

In a groundbreaking endeavor, researchers at the University of Rochester have successfully transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, resulting in improved health and an extension of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The naked mole-rat lives far longer than any rodent should.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. An unlikely critter may be a clue to finding the fountain of youth, new research suggests. Naked mole ...

Rufus, the naked mole-rat sidekick from the cartoon “Kim Possible,” could plausibly still be alive today, and he might have a really big spleen. What’s new — While completing other research on naked ...

A new study suggests that individuals in naked mole-rat colonies are assigned specific roles, including digging, garbage transport, and “toilet” duties. Reading time 3 minutes Perhaps you live in the ...

The mole rat lives about 37 years which is about five times longer than expected for an animal of its size and type. Researchers at the Queen Mary University of London have learned more about why the ...

Blind mole-rats, like their relatives the impervious naked mole-rat, live relatively long lives—about 21 years—yet never develop cancer. Although previous research found a genetic basis for the naked ...