Golden mole

2023 - 11 - 30

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

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 ...

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Golden mole missing for 80 years rediscovered in South Africa (Metro)

A shining golden mole that 'swims' through sand dunes missing for 80 years has been found – using a sniffer dog and new DNA testing.

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Holy Mole-y: A sniffer dog helps rediscover a rare mole (OPB News)

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 ...

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Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed extinct ... (The Seattle Times)

Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a mole species that has an iridescent golden coat and the ability to “swim” through sand dunes.

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Blind mole thought lost rediscovered using sniffer dog to track DNA (Saipan Tribune)

The golden mole from South Africa has an iridescent coat sheen that "swims" through sand.

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Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed extinct ... (ABC News)

Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a mole species that has an iridescent golden coat and the ability to “swim” through sand dunes after ...

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A blind mole that swims through sand has been rediscovered after ... (CNN)

A blind mole that glides through sand has been spotted in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct.

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Signs of golden mole found 87 years later (RNews)

The last scientific observation of this mole species was in 1936. However, signs of two De Winton golden moles were recently found under the sand on a South ...

Golden mole presumed extinct rediscovered in South Africa after 87 ... (Xinhua)

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A species of mole with an iridescent coat sheen that "swims" in sand has been rediscovered in South Africa after it hadn't ...

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Mole with super hearing thought to be extinct found on South African ... (FOX Weather)

Conservationists and geneticists in South Africa have rediscovered a blind mole species lost to science nearly 90 years ago.

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Shimmering golden mole thought extinct photographed and filmed ... (Livescience.com)

De Winton's golden mole, last sighted in 1937, has been found alive swimming through sand dunes in South Africa after an extensive search for the elusive ...

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Endangered blind sand mole rediscovered in South Africa after 87 ... (NBC News)

Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century.

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