Of the 4,060 species of mammals that inhabit the world, fifty-three occur within the Adirondack Park. These mammals represent 7 orders and 17 families. Some species, like the opossum and striped skunk ...

Oct. 15, 2024 — A study in the Cascade Range in Oregon of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, particularly severe winter ...

Sharks, though, no matter certain hallmarks, aren’t mammals at all, but fish. There are two classes of fish – bony fish (Osteichthyes) and cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes). Sharks – all 500 species ...

From the top of Shifting Sands dune in the Serengeti Plain of Africa a million mammals are in motion. Wildebeests. Zebras. Gazelles. The plain is black with them. It is wildebeest calving season ...

A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel hit a herd of wild elephants in northeast Sri Lanka, killing two of the giant ...

Mumbai: Sony BBC Earth will premiere Mammals, a six-part series narrated by Sir David Attenborough, on 21 October 2024. The ...

Scientist in South Africa believe they have successfully identified the first time the rabies virus has spread to sea mammals, in this case among 24 dead Cape fur seals. The bodies of the sea ...

The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity was first produced in 1995 as a comprehensive resource for the public, the media, scientists, students, and policymakers to learn the various arguments ...

This six-part series journeys into the extraordinary world of mammals as they navigate a rapidly changing planet, shedding ...

it felt like we had all gained a greater appreciation of the incredible characters that make up this extraordinary class of animal, and a renewed sense of the need to protect not only mammals, but ...

A team of Japanese scientists were honored with the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology on Thursday for their groundbreaking discovery that mammals, including humans, can absorb oxygen through their rectums.

Large mammals are especially at risk ... low newborn survival and low recruitment into the adult class because most young (over 95%) die before they become adults. Based on the model, we attribute ...