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 ...

Imagine encountering a creature with a nose that seems to have a life of its own. The star-nosed mole is exactly that, with its bizarre, fleshy appendages splaying out from its snout like a sea ...

Like other moles, the star-nosed mole lives underground in burrows feeding on invertebrates like earthworms. It can’t see very well so it uses its remarkable nose to hunt. Each of the 22 ...

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., ...