Animal communication is more than simple signals. Mammals use sounds, expressions, and touch to convey emotions and social ...

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

"What's been thought previously is that every time a new group of mammals evolves, you start out with a small generalist animal, since when disaster strikes, those are the guys that keep on trucking - ...

Mammals only have one life to live, but the length of that life varies greatly. While some shrews shuffle off this mortal coil in less than 14 months, bowhead whales can swim in Arctic waters for more ...

The Zoonomia Consortium has released genome data on 240 species of mammals. The new data sheds light on mammal evolution, genes related to human diseases, and exceptional mammal characteristics such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contraception May Extend The Life of Some Mammal Groups by 10% A surprising new study has found that blocking reproduction in some ...

An abrupt episode of global warming and major changes in plant and animal life marked the transition between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs about 55 million years ago. Several groups of mammals, ...

Baby dinosaurs weren’t coddled like lion cubs or elephant calves—they were more like prehistoric latchkey kids. New research ...