Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are small, almost-hairless rodents that live in underground colonies of between about 20 to several hundred individuals. They are one of just two mammal species ...

Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their proteins make it better at fixing DNA damage, helping the animals resist ...

Naked mole rats will never win a beauty pageant, but they win at life by being the longest-living rodents. Researchers found that the secret of these burrowing animals lies in a protein that does the ...

A naked mole rat with its head raised and nose in the air. Long live the naked mole rat. These wrinkly critters live about 37 years, thanks in part to an enzyme that helps regulate DNA repair. Credit: ...