The limbs are short, and the front feet are paddlelike with long, stout claws. The surfaces of the pinkish-colored feet possess dark scales. An average sized star-nosed mole is 19 mm (7.6 in) in ...

Its tail is approximately 30 mm (1.2 in) long, thick, tapered ... or blackish-brown and has a purplish-brown sheen. The hairy-tailed mole lacks the fleshy nasal tentacles of the star-nosed mole, but ...

The star-nosed mole has to be one of the strangest-looking ... even under the ice in winter. They have fairly long, sparsely haired tails, about 2 inches long. During winter, they store extra ...

The star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, is one of 39 mole species. Moles are small, furry, underground, tunnel-dwelling mammals that feast mostly on insects. Star-nosed moles share many similarities ...

But, one piece of the puzzle was left unanswered, and one that I long wondered about; how is the mole’s nose able to maintain the exquisite sense of touch needed to navigate and capture prey ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures ...