We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive ...

Apply insecticides, especially grub control, to your lawn. Check with your local university co-op extension service (find ...

Moles aren’t all bad – they aerate the soil, deposit natural fertilizer and eat grubs that can harm your landscaping. Unless ...

Moles, rats and other animals were lost to science — until now : Short Wave Historic numbers of animals across the globe have become endangered or pushed to extinction. But some of these species ...

Moles in your yard offer benefits like soil aeration, free fertilization, and pest control by eating harmful insect grubs.

Beneath the deserts of Australia, a tiny and mysterious mammal glides through the sand-the marsupial mole. There are two ...

The rediscovery of De Winton’s golden mole offers the chance to learn more about a tiny mammal that, so far, has been poorly understood by the scientific community.

Moles are mammals in the Talpidae family. This family is made up of 17 genera and 42 species of moles and desmans — the mole’s aquatic cousins. These animals are found throughout most of: ...

De Winton's golden mole was last seen 87 years ago on Port Nolloth beach, a mile long sandy stretch of South Africa's northwest coast. Its survival is threatened by diamond mining in the coastal ...

De Winton's golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) is an elusive blind mole that "swims" through sand, lives in inaccessible burrows and has a shimmering, iridescent coat.It has only ever been ...

It’s not anywhere near other animals we call moles or even mole-rats. Notoryctes are true marsupials instead of some not-quites, the researchers confirm January 1 in Science Advances.

Scientists found blind mole rat in a cat’s mouth and rediscovered an “extinct” mammal not seen in the country for 120 years, a study said.