The naked mole-rat, a nearly hairless, wrinkled rodent native to East Africa, can live more than 37 years and shows almost no signs of cancer across its lifespan. A 15-year pathology survey of 138 ...

Naked mole-rats ignore acid that would send any other rodent into distress, and they keep their brains and organs running for ...

The strange-looking creatures are one of two known mammals that use a social structure like that of bees and ants. A ruling ...

It’s tough being a female in a naked mole-rat colony; they live a long life of servitude, maintaining the tunnels of their ...

A naked mole-rat queen – the sole breeder in a colony. (Felix Petermann, Max Delbrück Center) Naked mole-rats are wonderfully strange. First off, they're awesomely cute or terrifyingly ugly, depending ...

Peek inside the burrow and discover a social rodent that lives in communities much like those of many insects.

Naked mole rats are weird. They spend their lives almost entirely underground, are largely insensitive to some kinds of pain, ...

An international team led by Dr. Gary Lewin, group leader of the Molecular Physiology of Somatosensory Perception lab at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin, has discovered that the queens of naked mole ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The naked mole-rat lives far longer than any rodent should.

Along with one close relative, the East African naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is the only known eusocial mammal. These nearly hairless mammals live a subterranean life in colonies where only ...

Not particularly pretty, but fascinating: naked mole-rats are considered medically interesting animals. Researchers have now discovered that a special scent emitted by the queen keeps her court calm.

A new adaptation of the Mo Willems book “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed” uses animation and rock songs to tell a story about self-expression and acceptance. By Laurel Graeber See more of our coverage in ...