New research has dramatically expanded the known roster of mammals on Earth. A new review published in the Journal of ...

The Mammal Diversity Database lists 1,579 additions since 2005. These include 805 new descriptions and 774 species splits.

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Researchers have produced the most comprehensive family tree and atlas of mammals to date, connecting all living and recently extinct mammal species (nearly 6,000 in total) and overturning many ...

The vaquita, found in the northern Gulf of California, is the most endangered marine mammal species in the world. Illegal ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Researchers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a new mammal species from 65 million years ago. A fossil of a skull and jaws of the newly discovered species were ...

A Hawaiian monk seal swims in a pool after receiving a bird flu vaccine at Ke Kai Ola in Kailua-Kona. The endangered Hawaiian ...

Researchers examined more than 10,000 animal autopsies to figure out how much plastic is too much for ocean wildlife ...

Cancer is a common disease among mammals, but some species, such as the naked mole rat and elephants, have evolved resistance ...

Fossilized bones that appear to have been digested by crocodiles in the Cayman Islands have revealed three new species and subspecies of mammal that roamed the island more than 300 years ago.

A new study shows that very small amounts of plastic can kill marine animals and that fragments now appear in common foods ...