According to a new study published in the Journal of Mammalogy, the number of living mammal species has increased by 25% ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...

Discover more about the egg-laying monotremes of Oceania and the ancient traits they still carry.

A large-scale analysis of 117 mammal species found that preventing reproduction is associated with longer lifespans, suggesting a strong link between reproductive activity and life expectancy. Why do ...

A new species of shrew, Soriculus dexingensis, is discovered in Tibet, raising the number of known shrew species there to six ...

From near extinction to official symbol, explore why the white-tailed deer was a natural choice as Ohio’s state animal.

A heartwarming rediscovery has been made on the world’s largest tropical island. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna ...

Mammals are animals that have hair, give birth to live young (except the platypus and spiny anteaters), nurse their young with milk produced by the mother, and control their body temperatures from ...

A large international study reveals that mammals tend to live longer when reproduction is suppressed. On average, lifespan ...

Scientists studied a mammal that lived 250 million years ago and found they had an eardrum that could detect and react to ...

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...