Mole Rats Get Stressed When Earth's Magnetic Field Vanishes, Study Suggests
Science Alert · 23 Oct 2026

Mole Rats Get Stressed When Earth's Magnetic Field Vanishes, Study Suggests

The amazing animal known as Ansell's mole rat (Fukomys anselli) is one of evolution's most interesting offerings: half fuzzy sausage and half Nemesis from Resident Evil. This social, chonky creature 'sees' magnetic fields with its near-blind eyes to navigate its hand-dug, kilometers-long subterranean tunnels; the longest built by any mammal, save ourselves.


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