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 ...

Although this might start a lively discussion with an entomologist or invertebrate biologist, it is commonly stated in print (and various other types of media) that mammals are the dominant types of ...

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The United States on Monday moved to extend federal protections to all species of pangolins -- a step that would tighten trade restrictions and highlight the urgent conservation plight of the world's ...

It may have been the only Washington party where the animals were better groomed than the people. "The brown bear -- you notice how wonderful the fur looked?" asked Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence ...

In roughly 250 million years, tectonic activity could push together all of our current landmasses into a supercontinent like Pangea and make the climate inhospitable to humans and other mammals.