A study of moles reveals that cold weather -- not lack of food -- drives the rare phenomenon of reversible brain shrinkage in mammals. A study of moles reveals that cold weather -- not lack of food -- ...

Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century. Researchers spent two years searching the sand ...

An international team of scientists has for the first time identified two new underground mammals that could have been living, undetected, in eastern Turkey for up to 3 million years. They say it is ...

I have been bombarded with questions about moles, voles, and pocket gophers lately. Identifying which mammal is causing damage seems to be a major problem among lawn owners. Therefore I will try to ...

Rafael Jiménez Medina learned how to hunt elusive Iberian moles in the fields of southern Spain in the 1980s, when he was a young PhD student in genetics at the University of Granada. A local hunter ...

Most mammals can hear in stereo, locating sounds in their environment by comparing the inputs between both ears. Now it appears some mammals use their nostrils the same way for finding smells.

It’s giving “going underground” a whole new meaning. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, scientists have identified new creatures in eastern Turkey that could have been living there for 3 million ...