From the well-known naked mole-rat to the gremlin-looking primate called an aye-aye, here are 13 of the ugliest animals—and the adaptational reasons behind their unsightly characteristics. 1 of 13 ...

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 life, gathering roots, tubers, and bulbs.

Here are 5 creatures in the animal kingdom with the largest heads. 2 / 6. Blue whale. No animal, alive or extinct, is as huge as the size of the blue whale.

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 ...

When, in the spring of 1976, Alexander gave that lecture in Flagstaff, a biologist in the audience introduced him to the naked mole-rat. Then he put him in touch with the field authority on the ...

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.

The discovery unveiled the De Winton's golden mole, which "swims" through the sand and hadn't been seen since 1936. ... Rare Animal Thought to Be Extinct Suddenly Found by Dog on Beach.

The naked mole rat may not be much to look at, but it has much to say. The wrinkled, whiskered rodents, which live, like many ants do, in large, underground colonies, have an elaborate vocal ...

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 ...