Mammal News

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Tiny Primate Is Ultrasonic Communicator
• Lull in Ship Noise After Sept. 11 Attacks Eased Stress on Right Whales

Posted February 7, 2012:

• Not the Black Sheep of Domestic Animals: Unprecedented in-Depth View of the Genetic History of Sheep

Posted February 3, 2012:

• A Battle of the Vampires, 20 Million Years Ago?

Posted February 2, 2012:

• Treasure Trove of Wildlife Found in Peru Park

Posted February 1, 2012:

• Southern Indian Ocean Humpback Whales Found Singing Different Tunes

Posted January 31, 2012:

• Satellite Study Reveals Critical Habitat and Corridors for World's Rarest Gorilla
• Volunteers Clear Tiger Snares in China

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Livestock, Not Mongolian Gazelles, Drive Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks
• Mouse to Elephant? Just Wait 24 Million Generations

Posted January 29, 2012:

• What Do Killer Whales Eat in the Arctic?

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Ecologists Capture First Deep-Sea Fish Noises
• Tiny Crooners: Male House Mice Sing Songs to Impress the Girls

Posted January 25, 2012:

• Where There's a Worm There's a Whale: First Distribution Model of Marine Parasites Provides Revealing Insights

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Marine Mammals on the Menu in Many Parts of World

Posted January 23, 2012:

• Ancient Domesticated Dog Skull Found in Siberian Cave: 33,000 Years Old
• Saving the Snow Leopard With Stem Cells

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Rare Miller's Grizzled Langur Rediscovered in Borneo

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Juvenile Predation Preventing Steller Sea Lion Recovery

Posted January 12, 2012:

• New Clue in Battle Against Australian Hendra Virus: African Bats Have Antibodies That Neutralize Deadly Virus
• New Insights Into an Ancient Mechanism of Mammalian Evolution

Posted January 11, 2012:

• Can We Save the Whales by Putting a Price on Them?

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Early Primate Had Transitional Lemur-Like Grooming Claw

Posted January 7, 2012:

• New Primate Species Discovered on Madagascar

Posted January 5, 2012:

• World’s First Primate Chimeric Offspring Produced: Research Demonstrates Not All Embryonic Stem Cells Are Equal
• Pneumonia Outbreak in Endangered Markhor Goats
• Dogs Read Our Intent

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Harp Seals on Thin Ice After 32 Years of Warming
• Prehistoric Predators With Supersized Teeth Had Beefier Arm Bones
• How Male Spiders Use Eavesdropping to One-Up Their Rivals

Posted December 29, 2011:

• New Findings About the Prion Protein and Its Interaction With the Immune System
• Helping Wild Horses and Livestock Survive Extreme Weather in Gobi Desert

Posted December 27, 2011:

• Members of Small Monkey Groups More Likely to Fight for Their Group

Posted December 21, 2011:

• How Diving Marine Mammals Manage Decompression
• An Ecosystem Being Transformed: Yellowstone 15 Years After the Return of Wolves

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Ion Channel Makes African Naked Mole-Rat Insensitive to Acid-Induced Pain

Posted December 16, 2011:

• Winter Diets? The Secret Is to Chill the Extremities

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Close Family Ties Keep Cheaters in Check: Why Almost All Multicellular Organisms Begin Life as a Single Cell

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Pythons and People Take Turns as Predators and Prey
• Complex Sex Life of Goats Could Have Implications for Wildlife Management

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Starving Orangutans Might Help to Better Understand Obesity and Eating Disorders in Humans
• Elephant Seal Travels 18,000 Miles

Posted December 9, 2011:

• The Physics Behind Great White Shark Attacks on Seals

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Helping Your Fellow Rat: Rodents Show Empathy-Driven Behavior, Evidence Suggests

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Return of the Persian Leopard In Afghanistan's Central Highlands

Posted December 1, 2011:

• New Insights Into Responses of Yellowstone Wolves to Environmental Changes

Posted November 28, 2011:

• How Bats 'Hear' Objects in Their Path
• Counting Cats: The Endangered Snow Leopards of the Himalayas

Posted November 24, 2011:

• Scientists Unlock the Mystery Surrounding a Tale of Shaggy Dogs

Posted November 23, 2011:

• Studying Bat Skulls, Evolutionary Biologists Discover How Species Evolve

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