Giant 1.5-foot-long rat that can crack open coconuts photographed for 1st time on remote island At Port Nolloth, the team found fresh golden mole burrows and tracks that had been revealed by ...

While both the De Winton's golden mole and the Vangunu giant rat could be on their way to vital protections, the same may not be true for all "uncharismatic" animals. Sponsor Message "People are ...

And now, De Winton’s golden mole has officially been rediscovered, making it the 11th “lost” species to have been found since the program launched in 2017.

After all, the last time a scientist had seen a De Winton's golden mole was in 1936. What's more, the critically endangered species dwells entirely underground, and is extremely difficult to ...

Known as De Winton's golden mole, the blind burrower with 'super-hearing powers' was rediscovered in Port Nolloth on the west coast of South Africa by a team of researchers from the Endangered ...

The collie had been deployed by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) as a scent detection dog in a yearslong and nearly hopeless pursuit of finding traces of the De Winton's golden mole.

Conservationists and geneticists in South Africa have rediscovered a blind mole species lost to science nearly 90 years ago. The De Winton’s golden mole, known for its iridescent coat and sand ...

Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a species of mole with an iridescent golden coat and the ability to almost "swim" through sand dunes after it hadn't been seen for more than ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a species of mole with an iridescent golden coat and the ability to almost “swim” through sand dunes after it ...

SOUTH AFRICA, — A golden mole that "swims" in sand has resurfaced in South Africa after 87 years in the wilderness when many specialists feared it had become extinct, researchers announced.