There are many different kinds of mole rats. The best known is probably the naked mole rat, whose hairless, tubular, wrinkled body makes it appear a bit like a tiny walrus—or perhaps a bratwurst ...

Naked mole rats are the longest-living rodents on the planet. Most mice, rats, and hamsters don't live beyond five years old. Despite their wrinkly exterior, mole rats are young at heart ...

Naked mole rats — unpretty rodents that can live for more than 30 years — seem to have quelled the genetic ghosts that haunt other mammalian genomes. In mammals, roughly half the genome ...