When two nearly blind naked mole rats encounter each other in a dark subterranean tunnel, it could be a friendly meeting or a moment of potential bloodshed between strangers. The creatures chirp to ...

Strangers are just friends you haven’t met – unless you’re a naked mole rat. Arguably nature’s least beautiful animals, naked mole rats speak in dialects local to their own colonies and are hostile to ...

With six mutations in genes associated with hearing, naked mole-rats can barely hear the constant squeaking they use to communicate with one another. This hearing loss, which is strange for such ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. When two nearly blind naked mole rats encounter each other in a dark subterranean tunnel, it could be a ...

If naked mole-rats were human, they would be prescribed hearing aids. With six mutations in genes associated with hearing, naked mole-rats can barely hear the constant squeaking they use to ...

Naked mole rats are very communicative creatures, they quietly chirp, squeak, twitter or even grunt to one another. The scientists wanted to find out whether these vocalizations have a social function ...

A new study shows that naked mole rats speak with distinct dialects that appear to be learned — and reveal what group they belong to. Friend Or Foe? Naked Mole Rats Can Tell By A Unique Squeak When ...

When two nearly blind naked mole rats encounter each other in a dark subterranean tunnel, it could be a friendly meeting or a moment of potential bloodshed between strangers. The creatures chirp to ...