Blind and mostly hairless, with front teeth that put beavers to shame, the naked mole-rat is one of the most unusual-looking ...

Naked mole rats are native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, where they live underground in huge interconnected ...

Scientists have identified a protein which repairs defective DNA strands by using undamaged ones as templates. The same protein in humans promotes cancers and shortens life expectancy. The mole rat ha ...

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 ...

Mice live longer, healthier lives thanks to a gene from their glabrous subterranean cousins. “This was a really convincing paper using a comprehensive group of assays,” said Matthew Pamenter, who ...

While most animals manage to avoid inbreeding through scent recognition or by leaving their packs, others (such as those ...