In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body.

Olney, Illinois, has taken steps to protect an iconic mammal from domesticated felines, setting a possible model for other ...

UNC Greensboro researcher Bryan McLean helped identify a new species of squirrel. How he and collaborators found the Snake ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sometimes, good things come in small cages. Or in 70-page documents. Or when you’re in an aeroplane over ...

California State Parks rangers found the adult pygmy sperm whale on the beach north of Grand Avenue last week. They reported ...

For the 11th year in a row, community scientists spotted moose and collected data about their populations in two mountains ...

Klipspringer is a small and agile antelope. It is known for its excellent jumping ability and a compact body. This animal is ...

Meerkat is a social mammal that's native to Africa's desert. This small animal stands upright and lives in burrows. It's ...

HIBERNATOR. AND WHAT I THINK OF AS A CHARISMATIC, YOU KNOW, SMALL MAMMAL. AND NOW, THANKS TO NEW RESEARCH, THESE CHARISMATIC CREATURES HAVE A NAME UROCITELLUS IDAHOENSIS OR WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ...

It is concerning if they die off as it means the sea – which we rely on for many things – is no longer healthy, says an ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

Usually, when a creature is considered extinct, it's thought to be gone forever. But that's not true of this species, which ...