The utterly strange-looking star-nosed mole sees the world with one of the most sensitive touch organs in the animal kingdom. Photo by Kenneth Catania That’s an actual, earthly animal you’re ...

Appropriate to its life largely underground, the star-nosed mole is essentially blind. However, thanks to the tentacled star, the mole has perhaps the best sense of touch of any mammal in the world.

A star-nosed mole is surely one of the world's weirdest-looking animals. If you were to come face to face with one, you might think its head had been replaced by a tiny octopus. And for an animal ...

The star-nosed mole has a rose-colored ring of fleshy, retractable tentacles surrounding its nose. This nasal disc is bilaterally symmetrical with 11 projections on each side. Equally distinct is the ...

It won’t win any beauty contests, but in terms of talent, the weird-looking star-nosed mole is the one to beat. The little mole, scientifically known as Condylura cristata, commonly lives in the ...

The warthog’s trapezoidal skull is straight out of Picasso ... “No one would find the star-nosed mole ugly if its star were iridescent blue,” said Denis Dutton, professor of the philosophy ...

You can get in touch with Aristos by emailing a.georgiou@newsweek.com. Languages: English, Spanish The star-nosed mole has one of the "weirdest" snouts in the animal kingdom. Now researchers are ...

The star-nosed mole is a mammal that does exactly what it says on the tin, sporting a bizarre snoot that has 22 fleshy tentacles in an astral arrangement. The flapping mechanism can do more than ...

The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is a strong candidate for the strangest nose in the animal kingdom. It’s star-shaped rostrum is made up of 22 nasal appendages that it uses to snuffle ...

This critter, the star-nosed mole, is with us all winter every year, but like other small mammals, it is more likely to be under the snowpack and not seen. I think it was the light snow cover and ...