Mammals News
April 18, 2024
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Apr. 17, 2024 Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are calling for action to protect threatened ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Palaeontologists have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, finding them more diverse in shape, range and hopping method than previously thought. The three new species are of the extinct genus ...
Apr. 12, 2024 Marine researchers have mapped the density of one of the most endangered large whale species worldwide, the North Atlantic right whale, using new data to help avoid right whales' harmful exposure to commercial fisheries and vessel strikes. The ...
Apr. 12, 2024 Wildebeest migrations have become a rarer sight in Africa as humans continue to interrupt their historic migratory routes with roads, fences, cities, livestock and farmland. This has led to genetic decay in those herds that are no longer able to ...
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Apr. 11, 2024 A new set of maps that document the movements of ungulates was published today in the fourth volume of the Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States. The maps in this collaborative report ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Hyenas are generalist predators (and scavengers) with a broad range of prey species. They are known for hunting (or scavenging) larger mammals such as antelopes and occasionally feed on smaller ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Through DNA sequencing of Tasmanian devils and their tumors, researchers have tracked the genomic interactions between the animals and the ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Researchers warn that today's hunting quotas of about 3,000 animals pose a risk to the long-term survival of the grey seal in the Baltic Sea. The conclusions of this new study are based on statistics ...
Mar. 27, 2024 This unusual, subterranean mammal with extreme longevity shows genetic adaptations to low oxygen environments which could offer opportunities for ...
Mar. 26, 2024 Two red-tailed coral snakes have been observed competing over a caecilian in the first documented wild case of kleptoparasitism within the family ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Biologists use a novel method of simultaneous acoustic tagging to gain insights into the link between whale communication and ...
Mar. 21, 2024 High temperatures during critical periods of the reproductive cycle of sheep result in 2.1 million fewer lambs produced in Australia each year, costing sheep farmers an estimated $97 million ...
Mar. 20, 2024 The largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which averages about 27 meters in length, has slowly recovered from whaling only to ...
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Mar. 22, 2024 It's no surprise that your dog can learn to sit when you say 'sit' and come when called. But a new study has made the unexpected discovery that dogs generally also know that certain ...
Mar. 21, 2024 The first study of humpback whale entanglements in B.C. aquaculture facilities found eight over 13 years, with the curiosity of young whales a potential contributing ...
Mar. 20, 2024 Killer whales foraging in deep submarine canyons off the coast of California represent a distinct subpopulation that uses specialized hunting techniques to catch marine mammals, researchers ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Our eating habits in industrialized societies are far removed from those of ancient humans. This is impacting our intestinal flora, it seems, as newly discovered cellulose degrading bacteria are ...
Mar. 18, 2024 One of the largest studies on wildlife activity reveals that wild animals react differently to humans depending on where the animals live and what they eat. Bigger herbivores -- plant-eating animals ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whales, as well as a sea turtle, in the open ocean off California and Oregon could be a new population. ...
Mar. 14, 2024 A recent study observing wild chimpanzees over a period of more than 10 years revealed that when food gets scarcer, the adults put play aside and focus on survival, while mother chimps continue to be ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Females of some whale species have evolved to live drastically longer lives so they can care for their families, new research ...
Mar. 13, 2024 New findings show the severe impact of fishing gear entanglements on the survival of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, with every injury from entanglements impacting population ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Researchers used AI to scour information from websites and social media to map bat hunting and trade. Research found evidence of bat exploitation in 22 countries that had not previously been ...
Mar. 12, 2024 A new article looked at 40 years of data collected on 40 pronghorn herds residing in the Wyoming Basin Shrub Steppe. Overall, 80% of the herds saw a decrease in productivity, and nearly 43% saw a ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Giraffes, with their bizarre body plan, have always held a special place in the minds of evolutionary biologists and non-experts alike. In a new study whole-genome sequencing data was used to ...
Mar. 12, 2024 A new study has answered a long-held question about why medium-sized land animals like cheetahs tend to be ...
Mar. 7, 2024 The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the investigation of its stomach contents, has led researchers to record the first known instance of a ...
Mar. 5, 2024 Fossils of a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived 66 million years ago, show a dramatically more biodiverse ocean ecosystem to what we see ...
Mar. 2, 2024 An orca (killer whale) has been observed, for the first-ever time, individually consuming a great white shark -- and within just two ...
Feb. 29, 2024 A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest animal of all time after all, according to a new analysis by paleontologists. The new analysis puts Perucetus colossus back in the same ...
Feb. 29, 2024 On a research cruise focused on marine mammals and seabirds, scientists earned an unexpected bonus: The first-ever documented sighting of a hoary bat flying over the open ...
Feb. 28, 2024 Avian influenza virus H5N1 has adapted to spread between birds and marine mammals, finds a new ...
Feb. 22, 2024 Australia can lay claim to two new species of native rodent thanks to a new study. The aptly named delicate mouse was previously thought to be a single species spanning a massive stretch of the ...
Friday, March 22, 2024
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Industrial Societies Losing Healthy Gut Microbes
- Global Wildlife Study During COVID-19 Shows Rural Animals Are More Sensitive to Human Activity
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Menopause Explains Why Some Female Whales Live So Long
- Rope Entanglement Cause of Low Breeding Rates in Right Whales, Analysis Finds
- New Study Shows How AI Can Help Us Better Understand Global Threats to Wildlife
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Pronghorn Population Declining Due to Human Development
- Gene Flow in Giraffes and What It Means for Their Conservation
- Cheetahs' Unrivalled Speed Explained by Their 'sweet Spot' Size, Finds Imperial Study
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Slimming Down a Colossal Fossil Whale
- Researchers Are First to See at-Risk Bat Flying Over Open Ocean
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Climate Change Could Push Bowhead Whales to Cross Paths With Shipping Traffic
- Toxic Elements Found in Stranded Whales, Dolphins Over 15 Years
- Baleen Whales Evolved a Unique Larynx to Communicate but Cannot Escape Human Noise
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Panama Canal Expansion Rewrites History of World's Most Ecologically Diverse Bats
- Study Reveals Molecular Mechanisms Behind Hibernation in Mammals
- Bat 'nightclubs' May Be the Key to Solving the Next Pandemic
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Some Pre-Roman Humans Were Buried With Dogs, Horses and Other Animals
- Love Songs Lead Scientists to New Populations of Skywalker Gibbons in Myanmar
- Female Lab Mice Behave Very Differently When Placed Outdoors
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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Friday, February 9, 2024
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Monday, February 5, 2024
- Number of Shark Bites Consistent With Recent Trends, With Small Spike in Fatalities
- A Rare Recent Case of Retrovirus Integration: An Infectious Gibbon Ape Leukaemia Virus Is Colonizing a Rodent's Genome in New Guinea
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
- First-Ever Sighting of a Live Newborn Great White
- Researchers Map Genome for Cats, Dolphins, Birds, and Dozens of Other Animals
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- World's First Successful Embryo Transfer in Rhinos Paves the Way for Saving the Northern White Rhinos from Extinction
- Humpback Whales Move Daytime Singing Offshore
- Ancient Brown Bear Genomes Sheds Light on Ice Age Losses and Survival
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- The Heat Is On: Scientists Discover Southern Africa's Temps Will Rise Past the Rhinos' Tolerance
- Rain Can Spoil a Wolf Spider's Day, Too
- Predicting Others' Preference-Based Choices Is Cross-Cultural and Uniquely Human
- Big Dogs Versus Small Dogs: Which Sizes Face Higher Risks of Which Diseases?
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
- With Only the Pawprints, Researchers Study Elusive Bobcat
- Large-Scale Mapping of Pig Genes Could Pave the Way for New Human Medicines
Monday, January 8, 2024
- How Did the Bushpig Cross the Strait? A Great Puzzle in African Mammal Biogeography Solved by Genomics
- Use of Habitat for Agricultural Purposes Puts Primate Infants at Risk
Friday, January 5, 2024
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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Monday, December 18, 2023
- Global Inventory of Sound Production Brings Us One Step Closer to Understanding Aquatic Ecosystems
- Scientists Collect Aardvark Poop to Understand How the Species Is Impacted by Climate in Africa
Friday, December 15, 2023
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
- Earliest Evidence for Domestic Yak Found Using Both Archaeology, Ancient DNA
- Saving Endangered Species: New AI Method Counts Manatee Clusters in Real Time
- Cell Types in the Eye Have Ancient Evolutionary Origins
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
- Best Areas for Rewilding European Bison
- Whale-SETI: Groundbreaking Encounter With Humpback Whales Reveals Potential for Nonhuman Intelligence Communication
- Why the Long Face? Scientists Solve a Major Puzzle in Mammal Skull Shape Evolution
- Migratory Bats Can Detect Earth's Magnetic Field
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
- 'Friendly' Hyenas Are More Likely to Form Mobs
- Mice Pass the Mirror Test, a Classic Indicator of Self-Recognition
Monday, December 4, 2023
- In Hotter Regions, Mammals Seek Forests, Avoid Human Habitats
- New Study Identifies the Greatest Threat to Wildlife Across North America and Canada: People
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
- Skunks' Warning Stripes Less Prominent Where Predators Are Sparse, Study Finds
- Curators and Cavers: How a Tip from a Citizen Scientist Led to Deep Discoveries in Utah's Caves
Monday, November 20, 2023
- Researchers Develop Comprehensive Genetic Map for Bison, Discover Gene Responsible for Albinism
- Half of Tested Caviar Products from Europe Are Illegal, and Some Aren't Even Caviar
Friday, November 17, 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023
- 'Wolves Like Cherry-Picking': Modelling Shows How They Recolonized Germany and Where They Could Live in the Future
- Bear Genes Show Circadian Rhythms Even During Hibernation
- WhaleVis Turns More Than a Century of Whaling Data Into an Interactive Map
- More Than Meows: How Bacteria Help Cats Communicate
Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Found at Last: Bizarre, Egg-Laying Mammal Finally Rediscovered After 60 Years
- First Live Birth of a Chimeric Monkey Using Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
- Feral Horses and Peatland Carbon Emissions
- Southern Alaska's National Forests Key to Meeting Climate, Conservation Goals
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
- Advanced Assisted Reproduction in White Rhinos Is Safe and Reliable, Shows Evaluation of Procedures
- Researchers Observe Wolves Hunting and Killing Sea Otters and Harbor Seals on Alaska's Katmai Coast
Friday, October 27, 2023
- Evolutionary Chance Made This Bat a Specialist Hunter
- Protein Root Discovery Seals Future of Climate-Proof Plants