The De Winton’s golden mole was last seen in 1937 on the northwestern coast of South Africa, and later declared officially lost. This iridescent blind mole with hearing superpowers evades ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The blind De Winton's golden mole, thought to be lost for nearly a century, was found in South Africa using eDNA, a technique that examines DNA left in the environment.

Naked mole-rats evolved in eastern Africa, and Damarland mole-rats further south – almost on opposite sides of the continent. They live in social groups with one breeding female, the queen ...