Everyone’s heard of blue whales and bottlenose dolphins. But have you ever heard of vaquitas? In the warm waters of the Gulf ...

“For docodontans and other early mammals, life would have been similar to that of small mammals (like shrews and mice) today,” study co-author and National Museums Scotland paleobiologist Elsa ...

As adults, bats—the only mammals in the world capable of bona fide flight—are all about their wings. The trademark appendages can span up to 66 inches; they help bats snag insects, climb trees, ...

A northern Colorado-based wildlife center has strong advice for anyone who might find a baby animal in wild and decide to keep the animal. Think again. With the coming of spring and warmer weather, a ...

Picture a baby Brachiosaurus the size of a golden retriever, hunting for food with its siblings while dodging predators that ...

Chattanooga is home to one of the nation's largest possum rehabilitation facilities, Opie Acres, where the number of possums and other small mammals is growing every day thanks to a steady influx of ...

All mammals have a set sequence of behaviors at birth – all with a single purpose – to breastfeed. Baby mammals are born to breastfeed! Surprisingly, it is the newborn that initiates breastfeeding, ...

As a newborn mammal opens its eyes for the first time, it can already make visual sense of the world around it. But how does this happen before they have experienced sight? A new Yale study suggests ...

Three red fox kits died from highly pathogenic avian influenza in Michigan, which is the state's first confirmation of the virus in wild mammals. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources received ...