For highly social animals, being alone can be stressful – often leading to poor health and anxiety – but solitary animals do ...

On the surface, Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert might appear calm. But deep underground, blind moles covered in silky yellow fur are “swimming” through the sand. These elusive ...

Researchers visited the small village of Vučedol several times following the rumors of blind mole rat sightings. These mammals were “presumed extinct” and not seen in Croatia for “more than ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The blind De Winton's golden mole, thought to be lost for nearly a century, was found in South Africa using eDNA, a technique that examines DNA left in the environment.

Can humans learn anything from them? The Middle East blind mole rat is the ultimate introvert. Residing about a foot underground, it digs out its own tunnel systems where it stays for most of its ...