If you think a blind, nearly hairless rodent that lives underground can’t get much stranger, then buckle up. There’s a lot more to these weird (and wonderful) rodents than meets the eye!
If a predator tries to enter a tunnel, “soldier” mole-rats pile up to block the entrance
Join the National Zoo as we celebrate Head Start’s 60th birthday with the help of Giant pandas and meerkats! Discover how not only the zoo celebrates birthdays but also how people across the world celebrate special moments!
characteristics before creating your own meerkat puppet that can pop in and out of its own tunnel
Naked mole-rats are pink, nearly hairless subterranean rodents that live in burrows in eastern Africa. These surprisingly long-lived animals are one of the only true eusocial mammals; they live in large colonies in which only one female breeds and the majority of individuals spend their lives working for the colony.
branching and interconnection of tunnels, with the result that a colony’s total tunnel
Small Mammal House keepers have confirmed the sexes of our 4-month-old pygmy slow loris babies. It’s a boy…and a girl!
They do still sleep primarily in the long tunnel bed but spend a considerable amount
In March, we celebrated two pygmy slow loris births! Now, the bright-eyed babies are getting braver and exploring their exhibit.
The whole family group sleeps together in one big huddle in their tunnel bed, so
Eastern indigo snakes are one of the largest North American snakes, reaching lengths of 5-7 feet. They are nonvenomous and found across the southeastern United States.
Instead, they are pressed against stationary structures like burrow or tunnel walls
Happy national panda day! Here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asia Trail exhibit, we are celebrating with giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, as well as our red panda pair, Asa and Jackie.
They have a blast running back and forth through the tunnel, and the extra steps
Scurry into the Small Mammal House and get up close with animals like sand cats, golden lion tamarins and naked mole-rats.
desert landscapes, golden lion tamarins jump from tree to tree and naked mole-rats tunnel
diggers, excavating prairie dog towns, which are U-shaped with chambers connected by tunnels
One of their important roles is turning the soil; they bring the tunnel soil up to
Try not to get ’swamped‘ with these bite-sized facts about American alligators and their crocodilian cousins.
In other areas, alligators dig tunnel-like hollows in the mud, which partially fill
