The star-nosed mole has one of the "weirdest" snouts in the animal kingdom. Now researchers are uncovering fascinating new insights into this unusual body part. The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata ...
The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a relatively rare mammal in zoological collections with only nine zoos in the United Kingdom holding colonies of varying sizes at the time of study. This ...
Zoos are often limited by exhibit design in the opportunities they can provide animals to express natural behaviors; however, the opportunity to perform certain natural behaviors is key to supporting ...
Source: Meghan Murphy, Smithsonian’s National Zoo, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. In the wild, naked mole rats dig a complex tunnel system, complete with chambers for ...