Moles are members of the Talpidae family divided into three subfamilies than include desmans, moles, and shrew moles.

Moles live in the underground tunnels. They dig actively, and can create a tunnel of up to 20m per day.

Female moles produce litter of up to seven (but usually 3-4) youngs in the summer.

Front limbs of European moles are spade-like with sharp claws, while their hind limbs are small and underdeveloped. The moles live up to three years, feeding mostly on earthworms. They also eat other invertebrates, small snakes and lizards.

Contrary to the popular belief, the moles are not blind. They have eyes and ears, but very small ones so they do not get filled with earth when mole is digging.

The star-nosed moles inhabit marshes and wetlands in the South East USA and Canada. Because of 22 mobile and sensitive tentacles on its nose the star-nosed mole can find 14 times as many small prey animals in a certain period of search time than its closest relative, the European mole. Research shows that after touching a small piece of food a star-nosed mole takes an average of 230 milliseconds to determine that it is edible and eat it. (For comparison, car driver needs 650 milliseconds to hit the brake after seeing the red light).