Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

The naked mole rat ( Heterocephalus glaber ), native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, has drawn attention from ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - Lab rats at a college in Virginia are helping researchers better understand human behavior. Surprisingly, neuroscientists say humans and rodents share many ...

Humans use lots of different types of information to make sure we don't get lost. We can look out for familiar landmarks and use our sense of direction, but we can also estimate how far we have walked ...

STANFORD, Calif. -- For decades researchers have been peering into the human brain, trying to unlock the secrets of conditions ranging from autism to epilepsy to mental illness. But now, instead of ...

Rats are everywhere, just like people. They want what we want: warmth, shelter, food, family. The brown rat, also called the common, street, sewer, wharf, or Norway rat, probably evolved in Mongolia, ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...