Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The naked mole-rat lives far longer than any rodent should.

They aren’t exactly glamorous, but naked mole rats have genes that could mean feeling younger and living longer.

The naked mole rat is finger size, nearly blind, and not particularly cute, even when judged on a rodents-only curve. It also could hold the secret to near immortality: The naked mole rat lives for ...

While a typical mouse lives about four years, a naked mole-rat can live to nearly forty. That’s ten times longer than expected for an animal its size ...

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(FOX40.COM) — After months of planning, the Sacramento Zoo announced it’s bringing a naked mole-rat colony for the first time in the zoo’s history. According to the Sacramento Zoo, the colony offers ...

A new adaptation of the Mo Willems book “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed” uses animation and rock songs to tell a story about self-expression and acceptance. By Laurel Graeber Mo Willems’s picture books ...

Researchers have shed light on an unusual resistance to cancer displayed by the naked mole rat, a burrowing, long-lived desert-dwelling rodent. In these animals, a cell growth switch absent in more ...

Remarkable animals like naked mole rats, turtles, and fish have evolved astonishing biological adaptations to survive in ...