The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a thorough examination of the pigment-producing cells present in living mammals, ...

Many populations improved because the Marine Mammal Protection Act worked.

With only fragments of evidence and massive unexplored habitat, the saola may still exist despite a decade of silence.

Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear ...

The smallest mammals on Earth are vanishing faster than most people realize, and the line between survival and oblivion has ...

Despite their underwater habitat, whales are mammals. Mammals are not solely terrestrial; some, including whales and dolphins, are fully aquatic the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology reports.

A study reveals how seasonal brain shrinking helps some mammals survive winter, offering new insights into brain plasticity ...

(© Andy Myatt / Alamy) Prized for its “medicinal” properties in parts of Asia and as a trophy species by South American hunters, the red deer (Cervus elaphus) has spread from its native Eurasia to the ...

Homo sapiens of the American persuasion plan to spend $26 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts this year, an outpouring of resources signaling love, devotion, desire and financial fitness. While the form ...

These animals have highly unusual diets, evolving to consume anything from toxic plants to venomous arachnids.

Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore ...