Naked mole rats live much longer than other rodents thanks to a special anti-aging process. The mole rats can remove stagnant cells that would otherwise linger and cause health problems. Scientists ...

During the coronavirus lockdown, some people ignore health guidelines and fail to keep a safe physical distance from others. A new study on naked mole-rats published in Current Biology now suggests a ...

Cancer is a common disease among mammals, but some species, such as the naked mole rat and elephants, have evolved resistance ...

Rufus, the naked mole-rat sidekick from the cartoon “Kim Possible,” could plausibly still be alive today, and he might have a really big spleen. What’s new — While completing other research on naked ...

The African mole rat is one of the most bizarre and wonderful creatures on the planet. They live in vast underground colonies with a queen, in the manner of ants or bees, have developed biological ...

You can talk to your vet to see if Maev is right for your dog. Naked mole-rats are not keeping their weirdness on the inside. And all their superficial strangeness—the distinctive look, the complex ...

Its secrets could lead to longer life, cancer cures. May 4, 2014 — -- East Africa's naked mole rat may be one of the ugliest critters on the planet, but to scientists around the world it is ...

Naked mole rats are the superheroes of the animal kingdom. They live nine times longer than other rodents and they’re essentially immune to cancer. And now scientists think their extreme longevity can ...

Strangers are just friends you haven’t met – unless you’re a naked mole rat. Arguably nature’s least beautiful animals, naked mole rats speak in dialects local to their own colonies and are hostile to ...

Over millions of years, naked mole-rats have cast away everything underground which uses their energy and isn’t necessary to survive. They hypothesized the chirps might serve a social function.

Most female mammals have a finite number of egg cells and become less fertile with age, but naked mole-rats seem to be eternally fertile. Now, researchers think they've cracked how these weird mammals ...