It has been suggested that highly social mammals, such as naked mole rats and humans,
are long-lived due to neoteny (the prolongation of youth). In both species, aging cannot …

Naked mole‐rats express many unusual traits for such a small rodent. Their morphology,
social behaviour, physiology, and ageing have been well studied over the past half‐century …

The subterranean-dwelling naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is an extremophilic
rodent, able to thrive in the harsh underground conditions of sub-Saharan Northeast Africa …

In many social species, hierarchical status within the group is associated with differences in
basal adrenocortical activity. We examined this relationship in naked mole-rats …

Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are small rodents native to east Africa, living in
subterranean colonies of up to 300 individuals. Within each colony, reproduction is restricted …

Individual differences in growth and size of vertebrates often represent adaptive, plastic
responses to contrasts in ecological conditions. Recent studies show that vertebrates can …

In the current era of rapid climate change, populations are facing environments in which
food availability can quickly decline or become highly unpredictable. These conditions may …

Sexual differentiation of the mammalian nervous system has been studied intensively for
over 25years. Most of what we know, however, comes from work on relatively non-social …

Background Naked mole-rats are eusocial mammals, living in large colonies with a single
breeding female and 1–3 breeding males. Breeders are socially dominant, and only the …

Lacking fur, living in eusocial colonies and having the longest lifespan of any rodent, makes
naked mole‐rats (NMRs) rather peculiar mammals. Although they exhibit a high degree of …