Kangaroos are iconic Australian animals who have long been used as a symbol within the country to represent moving forward.

When the researchers compared these three groups with data on the mammals’ known longevity, they found that group-living mammals tended to live longer than the solitary species — roughly 22 ...

Scientists think mammals that live socially are more likely to live longer. They looked into nearly 1,000 different animals and found the ones that live in groups or packs tend to survive longer ...

The Kalahari Meerkat Project is the longest running project operating under the Kalahari Research Centre. The research team ...

Mammals only have one life to live, but the length of that life varies greatly. While some shrews shuffle off this mortal coil in less than 14 months, bowhead whales can swim in Arctic waters for ...

Even though the range of insect species far overshadows those of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, all of these groups contain impressive numbers. Mammals' 5,500 species might seem ...

Teacher Notes. This video could be used to introduce a discussion about animal groups. Pupils could list the characteristics of mammals and identify animals as mammals based on these characteristics.

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Mammals living in groups may live longer than those leading solitary lives, new research suggests. The findings are based on analysis of almost 1,000 mammals including the golden snub-nosed monkey ...