Inhabiting wet lowland areas, this five-inch-long mole is renowned for its strange snout that features 22 tentacles. A thermal image of a star-nosed mole. This hamster-sized mammal is renowned for ...

Star-nosed moles share many similarities with other moles in the Talpidae family but are the only ones with a distinctive star-shaped nose. Like all moles, star-nosed moles are small mammals with ...

The star-nosed mole has a rose-colored ring of fleshy, retractable tentacles surrounding its nose. This nasal disc is bilaterally symmetrical with 11 projections on each side. Equally distinct is the ...

The species is distinguished by its “chocolate” fur and “very long” snout, researchers said. Photo from the journal ZooKeys Upon analysis, the moles were found to belong to a previously ...

The common name of the hairy-tailed mole is apt. Its tail is approximately 30 mm (1.2 in) long, thick, tapered, slightly constricted at the base, and covered with coarse brownish- black hairs. This ...

Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains more ...