In other words, burrowing on other worlds is hard. But that didn't stop the team in Guangdong from trying. Their robot is meant to be much more similar to an actual mole than either HP3 or PLUTO was.

Beneath the deserts of Australia, a tiny and mysterious mammal glides through the sand-the marsupial mole. There are two ...

As in some insect species, the queen is the only naked mole rat female to breed and bear young. Worker animals dig the burrows that the whole clan inhabits, using their prominent teeth and snouts.

Richard Burrows evaded justice for decades after stealing the identity of a terminally ill acquaintance – until detectives ...

Individuals living in wet soils burrow above and below the water table, and moles near water usually have tunnels that open at, or below, the water surface. Enlarged, dry sections of the tunnels serve ...

Moles do feed on your crops. But, it is their burrowing activity that concerns farmers. The ridges make mowing difficult in case of lawns, and for crops the root system is affected. Their activity ...

It's also the southernmost U.S. mole skink, found mainly in Dry Tortugas and the Lower Keys along Florida's shoreline, living in sandy areas where it burrows deep for refuge. But this little lizard is ...

PQube and Tabematsu Studio have announced that their upcoming game, Grow Your Seed is launching onto Early Access in May 2025.

Chris Packham uses a man-made burrow to observe the ways that moles have adapted for life underground. He explains how they require less oxygen than other mammals and, though they have poor ...