Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

The team genetically engineered fruit flies to make naked mole rat cGAS and found that they lived 70 days—10 days longer than ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...

The longevity of naked mole rats may partly be due to them having a variant of a key protein that boosts DNA repair – a ...

We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive underground but cannot handle the lack of carbon dioxide above.