The naked mole rat is a small, hairless rodent with wrinkled pink or yellowish skin. They measure about 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and weigh just a few ounces. The teeth of naked mole rats ...

There are many different kinds of mole rats. The best known is probably the naked mole rat, whose hairless, tubular, wrinkled body makes it appear a bit like a tiny walrus—or perhaps a bratwurst ...

The mole rat was one of the first entries into photographer Joel Sartore's Photo Ark, which now has over 6,500 species.

Female naked mole rats are able to produce new eggs throughout their lifetime, the study found, unlike other mammals which have a finite number of eggs. That discovery could lead to dramatic ...

This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. And to think it all started with a naked mole rat. The year was 2006, and National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore ...

They are a social species of mole-rat – similar to naked mole-rats – but fascinatingly this sociality has evolved independently in the two species. Naked mole-rats evolved in eastern Africa ...

Our project, supported by an AWI Refinement Research Award, focused on evaluating the safety of using compressed waste newspaper as a digging and enrichment substrate for naked mole-rats. These unique ...

A bouncy music score and amusing sound effects enhance this delightful animated presentation of Mo Willems’ picture book, in which Wilbur, a naked mole rat, scandalizes his peers by wearing clothes.

Dr Faulkes’s work has laid the foundations for further significant discoveries about other mole-rats, such as his work on muscle ageing in naked mole-rats. His team’s studies also shed light on some ...