These matriarchal rodents often have bloody succession wars to replace their queen. But in a colony in California, Queen Tere ...

In a laboratory experiment centered around a colony known as the Amigos, researchers observed a subordinate female take over ...

Naked mole rats may avoid violent power struggles, as new findings show a calm and cooperative path to replacing their queen.

Naked mole-rats also stick out for other reasons. They have a fairly long life-span, with some living up to 30 years, can ...

Naked mole rats keep kingdoms underground. One queen bears all the children, while others maintain complex subterranean ...

A new study suggests that individuals in naked mole-rat colonies are assigned specific roles, including digging, garbage transport, and “toilet” duties. Reading time 3 minutes Perhaps you live in the ...

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 ...