A study of moles reveals that cold weather -- not lack of food -- drives the rare phenomenon of reversible brain shrinkage in mammals. A study of moles reveals that cold weather -- not lack of food -- ...

An international team of scientists has for the first time identified two new underground mammals that could have been living, undetected, in eastern Turkey for up to 3 million years. They say it is ...

Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century. Researchers spent two years searching the sand ...

Although you may scratch your head over what animal is digging holes in your yard, there’s no mistaking when that animal is a mole. You’re not likely to see one above ground, but the hills and ruts a ...

I have been bombarded with questions about moles, voles, and pocket gophers lately. Identifying which mammal is causing damage seems to be a major problem among lawn owners. Therefore I will try to ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo's naked mole rat colony is welcoming seven new pups after their queen gave birth to her second litter, the zoo announced on Sunday. Naked mole rats are eusocial mammals, ...

She is small and many would not find her particularly attractive or intelligent. But among her breed, she has just been confirmed as a queen. On Monday, a petite and unprepossessing member of an ...

At a meeting of experimental biologists this week in Campos do Jordão, Brazil, Rochelle Buffenstein from Calico labs in San Francisco gave a plenary lecture on the naked mole-rat, whose amazing ...