Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large wild mammals – from elephants to antelopes – are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows that ...

If textbooks ever made you believe mammals like humans, cats, and kangaroos first evolved somewhere up north, think again. A remarkable discovery from Australia has flipped our understanding of mammal ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate ...

A century-old millipede mystery ends as scientists rediscover an 11-inch species in Madagascar, along with 20 other species.

Cattle, and all mammals, produce methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, which are all greenhouse gases. Cattle and other grass-chewing animals with hooves and multichambered stomachs — called ...

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