If any animal understands the horrors of trench warfare, it has to be the mole. Faced with an enemy, there's no time for pleasantries. No place to hide. Aggression is all that matters. To help them ...

Scientists still find thousands of new species on Earth every year, but finding a new mammal is a relative rarity. Scientists have found not one, but two new species of mole native to southeastern ...

Women who have many moles on their skin are slightly more prone to breast cancer than those without them, two studies find. Skin moles, benign clumps of pigmentation-producing cells called melanocytes ...

It’s October 23, or Mole Day for chemistry enthusiasts. From 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. students and teachers celebrate their love of chemistry with Avogadro’s number — 6.02 x 10^23, a unit of measurement ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Researchers ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. People who have 11 or more moles on one of their arms could have a higher risk of the deadly skin ...

This time of year people have trouble with moles. We are several weeks into the school year, and chemistry students everywhere are concerned about moles. However, I don't think they are interested in ...

When life gives naked mole rats lemons, the wrinkled, buck-toothed rodents probably don’t care. They are impervious to the sting of acid. But scientists in Berlin are onto the secret of the social ...

There may be no stranger—or more impressive—critter than the naked mole-rat. They may look unassuming, but they can defy aging, have an astonishingly high pain tolerance, and are resistant to cancer.

Along the west coast of South Africa, a Border Collie named Jessie traces her nose along a burrow in the sand. She’s tracking the scent of a golden mole – and her team, from non-profit Endangered ...

Here’s how to tell if you have moles and what to do about them. If your yard is riddled with bumps and ridges, you may have some underground neighbors: Moles! These small mammals spend most of their ...