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The naked mole rat, a hairless burrowing rodent native to the arid grasslands of the Horn of Africa, has become one of biomedical research’s most closely studied animals. Living almost its entire life ...

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 ...

In a groundbreaking endeavor, researchers at the University of Rochester have successfully transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, resulting in improved health and an extension of ...

Blind mole-rats, like their relatives the impervious naked mole-rat, live relatively long lives—about 21 years—yet never develop cancer. Although previous research found a genetic basis for the naked ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article is part of a series on recent advances in the science and medicine of longevity. Can the humble naked mole rat help us extend our life span? Researchers at the University of Rochester ...

The post Why Only One Naked Mole-Rat in a Colony Gets to Reproduce appeared first on A-Z Animals. When you think of a eusocial colony, insects probably come to mind, such as bees, termites, or ants.

A new study suggests that individuals in naked mole-rat colonies are assigned specific roles, including digging, garbage transport, and “toilet” duties. Reading time 3 minutes Perhaps you live in the ...

When people think of farming animals, ants are usually the first example that comes to mind. Certain ant species cultivate fungi, while some insects maintain surprisingly sophisticated agricultural ...