Discover how naked mole-rat colonies work, from a single queen to worker care of pups in one of nature’s rare eusocial ...

Blind and mostly hairless, with front teeth that put beavers to shame, the naked mole-rat is one of the most unusual-looking rodents you could ever see. However, you probably won’t see one, since they ...

These matriarchal rodents often have bloody succession wars to replace their queen. But in a colony in California, Queen Tere ...

Naked mole rats keep kingdoms underground. One queen bears all the children, while others maintain complex subterranean tunnels, forage for food, take care of newborns, and perform other necessary ...

Naked mole rats may avoid violent power struggles, as new findings show a calm and cooperative path to replacing their queen.

The naked mole rat is finger size, nearly blind, and not particularly cute, even when judged on a rodents-only curve. It also could hold the secret to near immortality: The naked mole rat lives for ...

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their remarkable ability to survive these conditions could offer a key model for ...

Naked mole-rats are blind and hairless and live their entire lives underground. They have two large sets of front teeth, and can move their lower set of teeth independently of each other. Each ...