We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive underground but cannot handle the lack of carbon dioxide above.

This is a close-up view of a northern mole cricket. You can see its powerful front legs and outward-facing claws (1), which are perfectly adapted for digging; the so-called maxillary palps on its ...

In a world-first, scientists have unearthed the genetic secrets of Australia’s elusive southern marsupial mole.

Moles are insectivores ... Many different types of rodents may be digging up your yard, including squirrels, chipmunks, and even rats. For example, squirrels will bury and dig up nuts in the ...

Like all moles, star-nosed moles are small mammals with cylindrical bodies. They also share stocky limbs and large, spade-like forepaws that they use to dig networks of tunnels through the earth. Star ...

Marsupial moles are perhaps Australia's most bizarre mammals. Known as "itjaritjari" to the Indigenous Aṉangu people and featuring prominently in their tales, the marsupial mole is rarely observed, ...