In other words, burrowing on other worlds is hard. But that didn't stop the team in Guangdong from trying. Their robot is meant to be much more similar to an actual mole than either HP3 or PLUTO was.

When your garden is suddenly full of small mounds of soil you'll probably want to master the tricks behind how to get rid of ...

Individuals living in wet soils burrow above and below the water table, and moles near water usually have tunnels that open at, or below, the water surface. Enlarged, dry sections of the tunnels serve ...

As in some insect species, the queen is the only naked mole rat female to breed and bear young. Worker animals dig the burrows that the whole clan inhabits, using their prominent teeth and snouts.

ALL: Run away. MOLE: This doesn’t look good. BOY: What should we do? ALL: Hurry up! We have to hide away before the flood, Burrow down below or up above, Scatter and gather, All the ones you love.

A compilation of short films for primary school-aged children, looking at Britain's best-loved burrowing animals. Find out more about how moles, badgers, rabbits and their babies live underground ...