When we are not exploring, we go to Mole Hill Elementary School. I like going to school because that’s where my teacher, Professor Molenium, teaches us chemistry! He recently taught us what a mole is.

Four experts defend their favorite animal pests, and explain why these helpful neighbors deserve to be a part of your yard's ...

Comparison of the hairless animals’ genomes with those of several other mammals shows low activity of certain sequences.

Hydra are a stand-out example of the phenomenon, but they aren’t necessarily unique in their resistance to time. A handful of ...

These aren't entrance or exit points; it's just dirt pushed out of the way when moles dig through the ground. Other animals, like pocket gophers, also dig tunnels, but their mounds include plugs where ...

What conservationists found strange was that the animals were living far from any water, and had adapted to spending much of their lives digging underground like moles. The Mammal Society hopes to ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our ...

The palm-sized creatures have silky golden locks, no eyes, a stumpy tail and flipper-like hands. Sightings of marsupial moles usually ... The burrowing animals live within sand dunes in isolated ...

They are a social species of mole-rat – similar to naked mole-rats – but ... underground without causing major disturbance to the animals and their homes. Luckily for us there were several ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries, even something as simple as a mole could have had you accused of being a witch.

Mole crickets, which get their name from their mole-like burrowing habits, disrupt your grass’s root systems, leading to patchy spots and unsightly damage. To get rid of mole crickets ...

If, you, too, have been intensely concentrating on the presidential election, you may be ready for a shift of focus.