Pangolins have one of the strangest tongues on Earth, stretching deep inside the body to reach ants far underground.

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...

At first glance, this mammal looks like a horse gone terribly wrong. But, in reality, Chalicotherium is far from a botched ...

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

Sensitive hearing may have evolved in mammal ancestors far earlier than scientists once believed. By modeling how sound moved ...

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 ...

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

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Those that have joined the International Union for the ...

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

Bats, rodents, hedgehogs, and shrews are mammals among the orders that are predicted to have the most undescribed mammals. (Pictured: a bicolored shrew) Werner Korschinsky via Wikimedia Commons under ...

South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho’s latest Mammal Red List paints a mixed picture for wildlife conservation, with worrying ...

The small mammals building at the Milwaukee County Zoo will be closing by the end of 2025. The closure is part of a strategic plan focused on the future of the zoo. Animals in the small mammals ...