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It has long been claimed that only one mammal – the golden mole – has fur that shimmers with rainbow colours, but it now ...
When it comes to color, mammals are hardly the most vibrant creatures of the animal kingdom. Their fur often comes in drab ...
No matter what kind of animal you are, chances are you’re going to have to poop at one point or another. After the body takes in food and it passes through the digestive system, the leftovers your ...
A new study reveals how tiny rodent thumbnails shaped feeding, climbing, and survival, offering fresh insight into mammal ...
A new study shows mammals detect voices in two quick steps, uncovering shared brain wiring that evolved more than 90 million ...
There are roughly 5,000 species of mammals, animals within the class Mammalia. That means all those animals have vertebrates, warm blood, hair or fur, they breathe using lungs, and they feed their ...
Scientists are striving to unlock the genetic secrets of unusually long-lived animals to find clues to extending healthy human life. The research spans species from hummingbirds to whales, and ...
“The number of distinct origins for myrmecophagy was certainly surprising, as was the discovery that their origins seem to ...
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - There are hundreds of calls coming in to the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute (CIMWI) about sick or injured marine mammals on the Central Coast. The pace ...
New World Screwworm is resurging in Latin America and Mexico, threatening animals and humans in the southern U.S. Watch for ...