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 sand ...

A golden mole that "swims" in sand has resurfaced in South Africa after 87 years in the wilderness when many specialists feared it had become extinct, researchers announced. Traces of two De Winton's ...

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A cute blind mole thought lost to science has been rediscovered by using a sniffer dog to track a trail of dropped DNA. The De Winton’s golden mole from South Africa has an iridescent coat sheen that ...

Blind mole rats may help humans fight diseases resulting from lack of oxygen, revealed researchers at the Institute of Evolution at the University of Haifa. "Blind mole rats live most of their lives ...

SOUTH AFRICA, — A golden mole that "swims" in sand has resurfaced in South Africa after 87 years in the wilderness when many specialists feared it had become extinct, researchers announced. Traces of ...

(CNN) — A blind golden mole that glides through sand has been rediscovered in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct. After a two-year search relying on DNA samples ...

(CNN) — A blind golden mole that glides through sand has been rediscovered in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct. (CNN) — A blind golden mole that glides through ...