Despite their mistreatment by popular culture, Norway lemmings turn out to have an interesting evolutionary history.

Other examples exist which suggest an animal’s best life can take place outside the constraints of being a pet. Exotic ...

Found washed ashore, partially deaf and abandoned at just 3 years old, Dagny was rescued in 2018 by the Institute for Marine ...

A hidden camera in Queensland captures a rare encounter between a young northern wombat and an echidna, revealing valuable ...

The fossils, found at Big Bend National Park in Texas, belong to a group of ancient near-marsupials from the Paleocene period ...

Discover the pangolin, the world's most trafficked mammal. Learn unique facts, why their scales are used, if nocturnal, and urgent conservation efforts.

The only way to figure out which switch works best for you is to do your research and, preferably, try some out for yourself. Other keyboards have a mechanical-style feel but are built on ...

Sloths, the world's slowest mammal, have been around for 64 million years. Sharyn Alfonsi traveled to Costa Rica to learn more about how they've survived.

The pangolin is “the most trafficked mammal in the world” in large part for its scales, used in traditional Chinese medicine, and meat, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

The Kaʻohe Game Management Area in Waimea will open to game mammal hunting with a muzzleloader or shotgun (with slug) on July 3. The season will continue through Aug. 31, excluding Aug. 27-28 ...

Tiny, spiny echidnas and the duck‑billed platypus already look like misfits, but the bigger oddity hides in their DNA. For most mammals, a gene on the Y chromosome called SRY flips the switch for ...

Civets are mostly tree-loving, night-roaming mammals found across Asia and Africa. Their bodies are slender with coarse fur, and some species sport spots or stripes that help them blend into the ...