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 ...

If your yard is riddled with bumps and ridges, you may have some underground neighbors: Moles! These small mammals spend most ...

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

De Winton’s golden mole is a blind mammal that lives underground and has acute hearing that detects vibrations from movement above the surface. AP.

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: ...

A thermal image of a star-nosed mole. This hamster-sized mammal is renowned for its strange snout that features 22 appendages. Glenn J. Tattersall/Kevin L. Campbell ...

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 ...

Naked mole-rats are the only known eusocial mammals, meaning their social structure closely resembles that of insects like ants or bees. 10 Things You Didn't Know About Naked Mole-Rats. 8.

By Mammals Researcher, Amy Downes. When we arrived in South Africa, Camera Operator John Brown and I couldn’t wait to get started building these realistic homes for the mole-rats to inhabit for ...