Recent research has focused on specific adaptations in different species, particularly in subterranean mammals like mole-rats and the unique physiological traits of aquatic versus terrestrial mammals.

Moles, the much-maligned subterranean mammal often considered a pest to gardeners and golf courses everywhere. I didn't even know moles existed in Houston—which makes sense since they live most ...

He's studied various moles from around the world, to understand how a mammal can adapt to living underground, and says a subterranean life does have advantages like protection from predators and ...