Earth's waters host diverse mammals like dolphins, whales, and manatees. These creatures possess unique adaptations for ...

Pine martens have returned to a wild lands area of south-west England after an absence of more than a century. Fifteen of the tree-climbing mammals – eight adult females and seven adult males – have ...

A new study in the Swiss Alps has found that marmots are living higher up the mountains than they did four decades ago. However, they've hit a ceiling that could leave them with nowhere else to go. As ...

PORTLAND, Maine — 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 change, ...

A bear cools off in a stream in Yellowstone National Park. A UC Davis study found that North American mammals in hotter regions increasingly seek out forested areas away from human-dominated ...

A study that observed five species of mammals in northeast São Paulo state reveals that most animals change their routines to escape contact with humans, usually by adopting nocturnal habits. For the ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Tropical forests are massive biodiversity storehouses. While these rich swathes of land constitute less than one-tenth of Earth’s surface, they harbor more than 60% of known ...

On both page and screen, we're used to seeing dinosaurs and prehistoric birds as vibrant creatures exhibiting unique and ...

Even before they saw one of the rarest mammals in the Gulf of Mexico, the two amateur fishermen were already feeling lucky. They had motored to their favorite spot 35 miles off the coast of Pensacola, ...

It's been a doozy of a year for marine mammals, who have been dying in record numbers along the California coast. Volunteer ...