The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), a super-social burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa. These sausage-shaped critters are impervious to chemical pain from acid and capsaicin.

If a naked mole rat can't seem to get cancer on its own, a mouse can't seem to avoid it. Look too hard at a commercial Black-6, and it grows a lump: Seven out of 10 develop naturally occurring tumors.

The naked mole-rat lives for thirty years – compared to 1-2 years for other rodents – and we’ve never found any evidence that it can get cancer.

Scientists have generated the first whole-genome sequencing data of the naked mole-rat, a rodent that is resistant to cancer and lives for more than 30 years. The naked mole-rat is native to the ...

And naked mole-rats thrive in oxygen-poor air, even at levels that would be lethal to mice or humans. If the naked mole-rats behave like a strange medley of wrinkled rodent, termite and toad ...

From the bright lights of cities that don't sleep—where people hustle and bustle through the night to keep subways, servers, ...

So no more live viewing of the naked mole-rat, the orangutan, the Asian small-clawed otters — a family of 11 — the clouded leopards and the fishing cats. (Yes, we had to look that one up, too.

A new adaptation of the Mo Willems book “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed” uses animation and rock songs to tell a story about self-expression and acceptance.

Not only are naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) the longest-living rodents, they also 'never stop having babies,' according to researchers.(Image credit: Shutterstock) Naked mole-rats are ...

Whereas other rodents, like mice and rats, are susceptible to many of the same age-related diseases that we are —cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and cancers— naked mole rats are ...