Zoologists and paleontologists refer to burrowing animals as fossorial, and the mechanical requirements of digging often causes distantly-related animals to evolve robust limbs, flattened claws ...

The new study used CT scans to create three-dimensional structures of the inner ear bones of 80 snake and lizard species, including living semi-fossorial and semi-aquatic snakes as well as a primitive ...

As a general appearance indicates, the short-tailed shrew is more fossorial than other shrews, tunneling extensively, and to depths of 50 cm (20 in). Within the interwoven maze of tunnels that ...

However, burrowing frogs are more common than you think. Known as fossorial species, frogs adapted to life underground are some of the most fascinating amphibians around. There’s one such ...

Marine, terrestrial, and “fossorial” environments have been the best contenders. Fossorial animals, like badgers and mole salamanders, lead a life of burrowing. And according to new research ...

Fennec foxes live in underground burrows during the day to avoid the desert heat. They often dig their own burrows, with multiple entrances and exits ...

These fossorial or burrowing snakes are skilled diggers, employing their abilities to evade predators, maintain body temperature, and sometimes ambush prey. Their burrows are a secure habitat that ...

The Stilletto Snake is a common small black fossorial snake. High rainfall forces it above ground where it is often mistaken for one of the harmless black snakes, with dire consequences.