A team led by Oxford University scientists recently captured the first photographic evidence of Attenborough’s long-beaked ...

From the formation of inner ear bones to the rise of hair to cover our bodies, these developments made us distinct from other ...

Most mammals, including humans, rely on carbohydrates and fats from their complex diets to fuel physical activity. However, ...

Photo from Vital Sinkevich via Unsplash In a darkened forest of northern India, an “elusive” mammal emerged from its burrow to search for its next meal. Its meanderings triggered a nearby ...

Hvaldimir, the beluga whale found with a Russian harness in 2019, may have been trained as a guard whale rather than a spy, ...

A newly discovered species of mammal has provided a snapshot of terrestrial North America that goes back 70–75 million years ago, a time slice that’s typically not well known. Thankfully ...

A dolphin’s butchered corpse was discovered on a New Jersey beach last week, so, naturally, the internet is now exploding ...

Bats are unique. Even though they share the characteristics of all mammals - hair, regulated body temperature, the ability to bear their young alive and nurse them - bats are the only mammals to truly ...

To boost their super senses of smell, these humble little creatures might be manipulating nanoparticles with sound.

The results, which revealed a new three-dimensional structure of the genome within the phylogenetic group of reptiles, birds and mammals, will contribute to the development of more effective ...

More information: Richard Bischof et al, The moon's influence on the activity of tropical forest mammals, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0683 ...