For highly social animals, being alone can be stressful – often leading to poor health and anxiety – but solitary animals do ...

Image by Amy Downes. Characteristic red-sand mounds excavated by the mole-rats. The African mole-rats are an intriguing group of Mammals, and we started talking to research groups and scientists ...

The naked mole rat is a small, hairless rodent with wrinkled pink or yellowish skin. They measure about 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and weigh just a few ounces. The teeth of naked mole rats ...

Lowland Streaked Tenrec is a spiny mammal that's native to Madagascar. It's unique black and yellow appearance and quirky ...

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 ...

You won't find Kim Possible at Brookfield Zoo Chicago but you will find the next best thing: Naked mole rats.

The mole rat was one of the first entries into photographer Joel Sartore's Photo Ark, which now has over 6,500 species.