European moles can shrink by a tenth in winter to save energy
European moles can ride out harsh winters by becoming up to 11% smaller.
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News tagged with mole
The secret to a longer lifespan? Gene regulation holds a clue
Natural selection has produced mammals that age at dramatically different rates. Take, for example, naked mole rats and mice; the former can live up to 41 years, nearly ten times as long as similar-size rodents such as mice.
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2022
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Researchers glean new insights on skin aging from naked mole-rats
A new research paper published in Aging Volume 14, Issue 9, is titled "Single-cell transcriptomics reveals age-resistant maintenance of cell identities, stem cell compartments and differentiation trajectories in long-lived ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2022
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Naked mole rats, frogs and other animals may hold the secrets to preventing brain injury
The brain is the organ that orchestrates all the diverse functions and complex decisions that take place in biological systems. Despite its critical nature, it is equally as fragile: the neurons that make up the brain do ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2022
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High-ranking naked mole-rats are more resilient
Naked mole-rats are full of surprises. The latest is that higher-ranked mole-rats most likely have an immunological advantage over animals with lower social status, a discovery made by Professor Gary Lewin's lab at the MDC. ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2022
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The climate-driven mass extinction no one had seen before now
Sixty-three percent. That's the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth's climate shifted from swampy to icy. But we are only finding out about ...
Evolution
Oct 7, 2021
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Study reveals why African mole-rats have a nose for 'social distancing'
A new study has revealed how one of the world's most enigmatic creatures uses smell to maintain a crucial form of "social distancing."
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2021
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Could naked mole rats hold key to curing cancer and dementia?
Scientists say naked mole rats—a rodent native to West Africa—may hold the key to new treatments for degenerative diseases such as cancer and dementia.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 10, 2021
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Study provides first evidence of DNA collection from air
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment can be collected from the air.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2021
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Bird parents that receive help live longer
Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare. This finding comes from researchers at the universities of Lund and Oxford who reviewed data from more than 9,000 studies.
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Mar 9, 2021
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