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 …

The ability to live underground is widespread among continental vertebrates, so
understanding the origin and early evolution of fossorial vertebrates and the architecture …

The effect of the macro-and microclimate on small mammal thermoregulation in the past has
been studied independently instead of investigating the dual effect of both the components …

A costly search for food in subterranean rodents resulted in various adaptations improving
their foraging success under given ecological conditions. In Spalax ehrenbergi …

Among African mole-rats, the giant mole-rat Fukomys mechowii is the largest social species.
Despite several attempts to study a free-living population, information on its biology from …

Sub-lethal effects, such as oxidative stress, can be linked to various breeding and
thermophysiological strategies, which themselves can be linked to seasonal variability in …

Searching for food by extensive digging is one of the most important aspects of life of
subterranean rodents. We studied the effect of extrinsic (substrate quality) and intrinsic …

The evolution of species is governed by complex phenomena in which biological and
environmental features may interact dynamically. Subterranean mammals dig tunnels …

The possible producer and environmental setting of large meniscate burrows (Nagtuichnus
meuleni igen. and isp. nov.) occurring in late Miocene and Holocene aeolian deposits from …

The Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli, Bathyergidae) is a small-sized social subterranean
rodent whose distribution is confined to the Lusaka area in Zambia. It is an established …