Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows and whales — and to communicate back. Naked mole rats live in large, underground colonies and have an elaborate ...

Source: Meghan Murphy, Smithsonian’s National Zoo, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. In the wild, naked mole rats dig a complex tunnel system, complete with chambers for ...

Source: Meghan Murphy, Smithsonian’s National Zoo, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. In the wild, naked mole rats dig a complex tunnel system, complete with chambers for ...

Zoos are often limited by exhibit design in the opportunities they can provide animals to express natural behaviors; however, the opportunity to perform certain natural behaviors is key to supporting ...

Most mammals, including humans, have a constantly dwindling supply of eggs, becoming less fertile with age. But naked mole rats can reproduce for their entire lives—and researchers may have uncovered ...

Historic numbers of animals across the globe have become endangered or extinct. And according to the United Nations, the rate at which species are being pushed to extinction is accelerating. But, some ...

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface. By Anthony Ham If ...