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 ...

The Promachoteuthis sulcus is a deep-sea squid with human-like "teeth" that are lips covering its beak, giving them an eerie ...

Image by Joel Sartore/ Photo Ark. The remarkable nose of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Seeing a star-nosed mole in person is special. Discovering new insights into the biology of this ...

The fur is black or blackish-brown and has a purplish-brown sheen. The hairy-tailed mole lacks the fleshy nasal tentacles of the star-nosed mole, but both possess fossorial specializations, e.g., ...

The Promachoteuthis sulcus is a deep-sea squid with human-like "teeth" that are lips covering its beak, giving them an eerie appearance. The star-nosed mole is a bizarre, tentacled nose with ...