Study found that iridescence is not rare in mammals. At least 14 species, including rodents and the giant otter shrew, have shimmering fur.

Sea Otter Awareness Week occurs every September to remind people just why the marine mammals are so important and why they ...

A new study shows mammals detect voices in two quick steps, uncovering shared brain wiring that evolved more than 90 million ...

The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth ...

For wildlife, not all trees are equal. Large old trees have many horizontal and dead limbs for perching, and many fissures or hollows for sheltering. By contrast, younger trees have far fewer such ...

Can cats and rabbits be friends? To find out, watch the clip in this article and then read our analysis for more information.

NOAA Fisheries has completed its analysis of which foreign fisheries comply with U.S. marine mammals protection requirements, ...

When headline after headline highlights tons of pangolin scale seizures in Nigeria, it’s easy to presume that most pangolin ...

On a bike bath that runs alongside Paradise Creek in Moscow, several people stopped to observe a furry brown animal moving effortlessly through the murky, slow-moving water. “It’s a beaver!” one of ...