More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research led by the University of Bristol has revealed. The study, ...

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 ...

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 ...

This adorable sea lion has to eat five to eight percent of its body weight every day to stay healthy and hydrated. Over the ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

Two jaguars, caught with a camera trap survey, walk through the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. (Daniel Rocha/UC Davis) From jaguars and ocelots to anteaters and capybara, most land-based mammals living ...

Rosie is a freelance writer living in London. She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife, ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed. More mammals were living on the ground several ...