Everyone’s heard of blue whales and bottlenose dolphins. But have you ever heard of vaquitas? In the warm waters of the Gulf ...

Elephants, gorillas, rhinos, and bison are among the largest and most imposing land-dwelling mammals, but they all start out ...

The plan: use a Bluetooth speaker to play the recording across the bay, hoping the mother would recognize the sound and come searching.

As adults, bats—the only mammals in the world capable of bona fide flight—are all about their wings. The trademark appendages can span up to 66 inches; they help bats snag insects, climb trees, ...

A flurry of new births at London Zoo in the past months has been keeping zookeepers, and the new parents, on their toes. Footage from the zoo showed a pair of Asian short-clawed otters, Midge and Syam ...

Q. You once said diamondback terrapins were your favorite turtle. What is your favorite mammal? A. Tough question, because all puppies and kittens, indeed most baby mammals, are engaging. But sea ...

“For docodontans and other early mammals, life would have been similar to that of small mammals (like shrews and mice) today,” study co-author and National Museums Scotland paleobiologist Elsa ...

A northern Colorado-based wildlife center has strong advice for anyone who might find a baby animal in wild and decide to keep the animal. Think again. With the coming of spring and warmer weather, a ...

You won’t be drinking it any time soon, but the aquatic mammal’s milk is much more chemically complex than that of other ...

TUCSON (KVOA) - Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking residents to leave baby wildlife alone after good Samaritans recently placed a young javelina and bobcat in the department's care. According ...

All mammals have a set sequence of behaviors at birth – all with a single purpose – to breastfeed. Baby mammals are born to breastfeed! Surprisingly, it is the newborn that initiates breastfeeding, ...