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

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

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

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

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

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

An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...

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 ...

Despite being mammals, these remarkably cancer-resistant animals share a lot in common with cold-blooded species.

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

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