Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naked mole rats live much longer than other rodents thanks to a special anti-aging process. The mole rats can remove stagnant ...

A team at the University of Rochester transferred a single gene from naked mole rats into ordinary laboratory mice, and the ...

The naked-mole rat is one of the strangest mammals for a few reasons, such as being cold-blooded. Read here to learn more.

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 ...

The breath you just took contains about 21 percent oxygen. But if you were in a chamber with no influx of fresh air, the oxygen level would slowly diminish. If it got to about 15 percent, you’d feel a ...

The mole rat lives about 37 years which is about five times longer than expected for an animal of its size and type. Researchers at the Queen Mary University of London have learned more about why the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

COLLEGE STATION – This is all underground, and naked mole-rats prefer it that way: Momma naked mole-rat is the only one having babies, and she's got several naked mole-rat boyfriends. Were it human, ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. An unlikely critter may be a clue to finding the fountain of youth, new research suggests. Naked mole ...