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

Naked mole-rats are blind and hairless and live their entire lives underground. They have two large sets of front teeth, and can move their lower set of teeth independently of each other. Each ...

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.

Scientists from the University of Rochester have genetically modified mice to express a specific version of the HAS2 gene, ...

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

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 ...

A gene borrowed from the naked mole rat, an animal famous for extraordinary longevity and disease resistance, helped mice ...

The naked mole-rat is perhaps one of the most bizarre beasts on the planet. At first glance, it looks like little more than a cocktail sausage with legs and teeth. But beneath its wrinkly pink skin, ...

(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 ...

ARRIVALS WITH NO VISIBLE EARS AND EYES. SO ITTY BITTY. ZOOLOGISTS ACTUALLY SAY YOU COULD CALL THEM CLOSE TO BLIND. THIS SMALL CELEBRATION IN PLACE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF SACRAMENTO ZOO’S BRAND NEW, NEARLY ...