Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully
- Posted on April 21, 2026
- By NPR
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Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully
These matriarchal rodents often have bloody succession wars to replace their queen. But in a colony in California, Queen Tere ceded the throne to her daughter, Arwen, without violence.
