The naked mole‐rat (Heterocephalus glaber) has fascinated zoologists for at least half a
century. It has also generated considerable biomedical interest not only because of its …

In modern eutherian (placental) mammals, brown adipose tissue (BAT) evolved as a
specialized thermogenic organ that is responsible for adaptive non-shivering thermogenesis …

Zoonomia is the largest comparative genomics resource for mammals produced to date. By
aligning genomes for 240 species, we identify bases that, when mutated, are likely to affect …

The African naked mole-rat's (Heterocephalus glaber) social and subterranean lifestyle
generates a hypoxic niche. Under experimental conditions, naked mole-rats tolerate hours …

Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) form some of the most cooperative groups in the
animal kingdom, living in multigenerational colonies under the control of a single breeding …

The last 'hibernation book'was published in 1982, nearly 40 years ago, so clearly an update
was needed. The options were a book written by a single author or an edited book written by …

African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from
solitary-dwelling species to two" eusocial" species, the Damaraland mole-rat and the naked …

Tremendous variation in maximum life span among species overshadows modest increases
in longevity resulting from experimental manipulation. Few aging studies focus on long-lived …

Jennifer UM Jarvis, M. Justin O'Riain, Nigel C. Bennett and Paul W. Sherman hen the term
eusocial-W ity was first defined', it referred to societies of hymenopteran and isopteran …

Bats live longer than similar-sized mammals, but the number of lineages that have
independently evolved extreme longevity has not previously been determined. Here we …