The African mole-rat superfamily are a unique group of subterranean rodents that are
remarkable for their adaptations to a subterranean lifestyle and their range in sociality …

African mole-rats are subterranean rodents, which rarely if ever leave the safety of their
burrow systems. The environment of the burrows is humid, with relatively stable …

Subterranean mammals spend their lives in dark, unventilated environments that are rich in
carbon dioxide and ammonia and low in oxygen. Many of these animals are also long-lived …

An inverse correlation between free radical production by isolated mitochondria and
longevity in homeotherms has been reported, but previous comparative studies ignored …

Regressive evolution involves the degeneration of formerly useful structures in a lineage
over time, and may be accompanied by the molecular decay of phenotype-specific genes …

We provide an annotated checklist of rodents of Ethiopia. For each species we show a
distributional map based on critically revised data from:(1) published literature;(2) museum …

The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a long-lived, cancer resistant rodent and
there is a great interest in identifying the adaptations responsible for these and other of its …

Within the family of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) there is a range of lifestyles from strictly
solitary to eusocial. This variation correlates strongly with numerous ecological factors …

Here, we review comparative studies of African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae) to explain
how constraints acting at the ultimate (environmental) and proximate (organismal) levels …

The doubly labeled water (DLW) technique and indirect calorimetry enable measurement of
an animal's daily energy expenditure (DEE, kJ/day), resting metabolic rate (RMR, kJ/d) …