Mammal bones, especially skulls, are used for identification, and to work out the evolutionary history of each species. The jaws of a house cat are more lion- than wolf-like, for example.

Cuvier's beaked whales hold the record for the deepest-diving mammal. They can go nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) below the ...

UK law both requires and regulates experiments on animals. Any new drug must be tested on at least two different species of live mammal, one of which must be a large non-rodent. The way scientists ...

They can be found living in the ground, in trees, and even in the sea. There are many different kinds of mammal, including us humans! Find out more about different mammals with Aaron from One Zoo ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore successfully returned to Earth after an extended 286-day mission aboard the ...

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South ...

The wild Cheetah population is believed to be around 6,600 mature individuals and decreasing. They are currently classified under the genus Acinonyx, whose closest living relatives are cougars and ...

This fact sheet attempts to dispel the fears and answer some of the questions most often asked of the National Museum of Natural History by presenting some general facts about the biology and natural ...

A mammal that was once considered eradicated from the state of Ohio is now colonizing again in the state, biologists say.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said fishers, a mammal related to ...