Modern humans belong to a small minority of monogamous mammals and, in terms of partner fidelity, rank between the Eurasian beaver and the white-handed gibbon. That's the conclusion of evolutionary ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The ...

A new study found 332 types of complex sugar molecules in the seals' milk, some of which help protect young from harmful ...

New research has dramatically expanded the known roster of mammals on Earth. A new review published in the Journal of ...

The Mammal Diversity Database lists 1,579 additions since 2005. These include 805 new descriptions and 774 species splits.

An international collaboration between scientists and researchers has lead to the discovery of Earth's earliest known mammal — the 225 million-year-old Brasilodon quadrangularis. Using fossil tooth ...

In the end, The Invisible Mammal underscores how the survival of bats is inseparable from the health of our ecosystems and, ultimately, from our own. Their work is not just conservation—it’s ...

Meerkats, the little African carnivores, stood at the head of the violent class. Ape shall never kill ape. The primate society in the 1973 film "Battle for the Planet of the Apes," the fifth ...

A Hawaiian monk seal swims in a pool after receiving a bird flu vaccine at Ke Kai Ola in Kailua-Kona. The endangered Hawaiian ...

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The Grenada House of Representatives has approved several changes to the Caribbean nation’s fisheries laws to comply with the United States’ marine mammal protections as the government works to ensure ...