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

The star-nosed mole has a rose-colored ring of fleshy, retractable tentacles surrounding its nose. This nasal disc is bilaterally symmetrical with 11 projections on each side. Equally distinct is the ...

But the first thing you probably notice about this animal is its unusual nose. The hairless tentacles, or rays, fanning out around its nostrils resemble a many-pointed star – giving the species its ...

D uring the past 30 years, I’ve had many chances to study and photograph all sorts of critters – from tiny shrews to the massive moose. But there are a few critters that I still ...

Image by Joel Sartore/ Photo Ark. The remarkable nose of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Seeing a star-nosed mole in person is special. Discovering new insights into the biology of this ...

The star-nosed mole is hunted by everything from domestic cats to hawks to foxes — a fact that would seemingly make this blind animal’s continued survival impossible. But the fleshy tentacles ...

Like other moles, the star-nosed mole lives underground in burrows feeding on invertebrates like earthworms. It can’t see very well so it uses its remarkable nose to hunt. Each of the 22 ...

You might not be aware but many of Earth’s animals deserve to wear the superhero ... other fish to fool prey. The blind star-nosed mole may not seem like the ultimate fighter, but when it's ...