A naked mole-rat queen – the sole breeder in a colony. (Felix Petermann, Max Delbrück Center) Naked mole-rats are wonderfully strange. First off, they're awesomely cute or terrifyingly ugly, depending ...

Naked mole rats are weird. They spend their lives almost entirely underground, are largely insensitive to some kinds of pain, ...

Peek inside the burrow and discover a social rodent that lives in communities much like those of many insects.

A pregnant naked mole rat can shut down reproduction across her entire colony using a single chemical compound, and ...

Naked mole rats, which are neither moles nor rats, have unusually long lifespans compared to other rodents, and also seem to not develop cancer. Researchers are diligently searching for the key(s) to ...

Humans aren't the only creatures with dialects that are specific to certain regions. It seems that colonies of naked mole-rats have their own dialects too, which strengthens the social connections of ...

In this case, the most important step was immediate care from an experienced wildlife rescue team.

Animals in children's stories are often depicted as living in neat mom, dad and children family units. Examples include Fantastic Mr. Fox, 101 Dalmatians and, more recently, Peppa Pig and Bluey. But, ...