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It’s a gardener’s worst nightmare to come out into the yard and find mounds all over the lawn. It’s a clear sign of a specific pest problem: moles. While they don’t necessarily harm plants directly, the mounds they create can smother and kill grass, and their movement in the soil can disrupt root systems. If you’ve already tried to get …

In a groundbreaking study published in Scientific Reports, paleontologists have identified a new mole species, Vulcanoscaptor ninoti, based on an exceptionally well-preserved fossil found at the Pliocene-aged site of Camp dels Ninots in Girona, Spain. The fossil, which dates back 3.25 million years, offers invaluable insights into the evolutionary history of moles, revealing not only anatomical features that challenge previous …