Despite being mammals, these remarkably cancer-resistant animals share a lot in common with cold-blooded species.

A living database reveals why the global count of mammal species keeps changing - and why accurate naming matters for ...

Large wild mammals—from elephants to antelopes—are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows ...

Scientists are discovering species quicker than ever before, with more than 16,000 species being discovered each year, a new ...

For mammals, one secret to a long life may be spending it living with friends and family. An analysis of the life spans and social lives of nearly 1,000 mammal species shows that species that live in ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

Utah biologists have characterized D. woaabi, the first of two nematode species recently discovered in the lake’s ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...

Cattle, and all mammals, produce methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, which are all greenhouse gases. Cattle and other grass-chewing animals with hooves and multichambered stomachs — called ...

Scientists found an unexpected aging pattern in a mostly intact juvenile mammal skeleton from the paleontological period. By Jack Tamisiea Small mammals often live fast and die young. Rodents and ...