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

Fifty thousand years ago, North America's landscapes were alive with an astonishing array of enormous creatures. Massive ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 evolutionary position of these animals has been heavily debated, but they have been linked to the australosphenidans, the group that includes today’s monotremes—mammals that lay eggs, such ...

The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity was first produced in 1995 as a comprehensive resource for the public, the media, scientists, students, and policymakers to learn the various arguments ...

New York, NY—Conservation and animal protection groups sued several federal officials and departments today in the US Court of International Trade over their failure to implement the import provisions ...

LONDON -- Animal rights activists are calling for the release of an orca who has been living in Argentina's largest aquarium for over 30 years. The orca named Kshamenk, pronounced Shamenk, is the ...