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DNA reveals secrets of Australia's elusive marsupial mole

4:49am January 02, 2025

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia's most elusory animals, the marsupial mole.

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De Winton's golden mole, a blind mole that lives beneath the sand, has been rediscovered in Port Nolloth, South Africa. The small mammal has evaded scientists for nearly 90 years, using sensitive hearing that can detect vibrations from movement above the surface.

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Holy Mole-y: A sniffer dog helps rediscover a rare mole

11:55am November 30, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

The De Winton's golden mole was last spotted in 1936. But with the help of a mole-sniffing dog and new environmental DNA analysis, researchers are taking it off the most wanted lost species list.