The US space agency lander's HP3 "mole" was designed to dig up to 5m into the ground and began burrowing last week. But controllers back on Earth called a halt to operations when no progress was ...

Known for their digging skills, badgers create burrows called setts for shelter and raising young. These amphibians burrow underground during dry spells to stay cool and moist. Meerkats dig extensive ...

NASA has given up on its InSight lander's "mole" after two years of trying to dig more than a few inches into Mars' uncooperative soil. The 16-inch-long pile driver was designed to hammer through ...

As in some insect species, the queen is the only naked mole rat female to breed and bear young. Worker animals dig the burrows that the whole clan inhabits, using their prominent teeth and snouts.

Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century. Researchers spent two years searching the ...

Chris Packham uses a man-made burrow to observe the ways that moles have adapted for life underground. He explains how they require less oxygen than other mammals and, though they have poor ...