Neurobiologist Kenneth Catania’s passion for scrutinizing odd animal adaptations all started with a creature with a 22-point star on its face. Catania first saw a star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) ...

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 ...

Four experts defend their favorite animal pests, and explain why these helpful neighbors deserve to be a part of your yard's ...

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface. By Anthony Ham If ...

A De Winton's golden mole. A member of the species hadn't been definitely seen since 1936. JP Le Roux Thanks to a sniffing dog and traces of DNA left in the sand, scientists have found a species of ...

Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century. Researchers spent two years searching the sand ...

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