The breath you just took contains about 21 percent oxygen. But if you were in a chamber with no influx of fresh air, the oxygen level would slowly diminish. If it got to about 15 percent, you’d feel a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The naked mole-rat lives far longer than any rodent should.

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They are weird, bald, subterranean rodents that look like sausages with teeth, and they have just revealed a genetic secret to long life. A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the ...

Its secrets could lead to longer life, cancer cures. May 4, 2014 — -- East Africa's naked mole rat may be one of the ugliest critters on the planet, but to scientists around the world it is ...

Scientists have identified a protein which repairs defective DNA strands by using undamaged ones as templates. The same ...

(FOX40.COM) — After months of planning, the Sacramento Zoo announced it’s bringing a naked mole-rat colony for the first time in the zoo’s history. According to the Sacramento Zoo, the colony offers ...

One of nature’s strangest animals may hold the secret to living a long life, scientists have revealed. The naked mole rat may not be known for its good looks, but the bald rodent has long been ...