A mole rat who upends the social order of his colony is at the center of Laramie County Community College’s spring theater ...

We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive underground but cannot handle the lack of carbon dioxide above.

Rodents are commonly regarded as pests, typically in the form of rats scavenging in rubbish bins or mice seeking refuge in ...

Some of the world’s wildest animals come with names so bizarre, they sound completely made up, but every one of them is real.

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Wrinkled, buck-toothed, and nearly blind, the naked mole rat might just outlive us all. Scientists think its anti-aging ...

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

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Remarkable animals like naked mole rats, turtles, and fish have evolved astonishing biological adaptations to survive in ...

A new study analyzes why the social gesture is important when it comes to information and survival, even among antisocial ...