Analysis of the fossils revealed that the creature belongs to a group known as Theria, which includes the vast majority of mammals, namely, the lineage of species that give birth to live young.

Of the 4,060 species of mammals that inhabit the world, fifty-three occur within the Adirondack Park. These mammals represent 7 orders and 17 families. Some species, like the opossum and striped skunk ...

From the top of Shifting Sands dune in the Serengeti Plain of Africa a million mammals are in motion. Wildebeests. Zebras. Gazelles. The plain is black with them. It is wildebeest calving season ...

Image by Jess Webster. An indri lemur watches over its forest home in Eastern Madagascar To capture the story of one of the forest’s most unusual inhabitants, the BBC team ventured into the ...

The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity was first produced in 1995 as a comprehensive resource for the public, the media, scientists, students, and policymakers to learn the various arguments ...

Sep. 17, 2024 — A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team showed that a group of highly divergent mammals known as ...

When we think of dangerous animals in the wild, some of the first creatures that come to mind are sharks, crocodiles, ...

Two incredibly rare fossils found on Scotland's Isle of Skye are rewriting our understanding of how mammals evolved. While modern small mammals live as little as a year, one of the first to roam ...

A new study has revealed the exact origin of the Pacific Ocean's mysterious "biotwang" noises, which were first detected by underwater surveys near the Mariana Trench in 2014. Orcas off the coasts ...

That's one of the never-before-captured behaviours in Sir David Attenborough's latest series - Mammals. It focuses on how these animals are adapting to a world rapidly changed by the most dominant ...