Where do they live? How big can they get? Are elephants mammals? Discover the answers to all of those questions along with a few more tidbits that will make you admire these animals even more.
Scientists have discovered 280 million-year-old fossil remains of a predator that gave rise to all mammals. This ancient animal, which does not yet have a species name, is the member of an ...
The team that spotted the rat included the curator of mammals at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., Kristofer Helgen, who said of the discovery, “Our hearts were in ...
When the Chicxulub asteroid put about 75% of Earth’s species to the sword, including all dinosaurs but the ancestors of birds, the runty, scurrying mammals were the survivors left to inherit the ...
Observations on captive wild mammals and birds have indicated, however, that all taxonomic groups may not be equally affected and that there may be distinct differences in organ and tissue ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — Growers and conservationists have a new weapon to detect invasive spotted lanternflies early and limit their spread: dogs trained to sniff out egg masses that overwinter in ...