As fellow mammals, you and your pet dog or cat have a lot in common. It’s easy to see the similarities because humans, dogs and cats spend lots of time together. We may even be roommates or family.

Polar bears hold the title of the largest carnivorous land mammals on the planet. They typically measure between seven to eight feet in length. Males are significantly larger than females, with large ...

Earth’s earliest mammals spent their lives at a more leisurely pace than their modern counterparts, but they lived a lot longer, analysis of some 200-million-year-old teeth has shown. Using X-ray ...

Mammals and reptiles of the British isles ... by N. Barrie Hodgson. A guide to the identification, habits and characteristics of British mammals and reptiles, together with lists of their comparative ...

Scientists count fossilised growth rings in teeth like tree-rings to find out how long the earliest mammals lived. (Credit: Nuria Melisa Morales Garcia) (CN) — Using an examination of their fossilized ...

WASHINGTON — New research pinpoints how the torch passed from one dominant creature on Earth to another, from the brutish dinosaur to the crafty mammal. Two studies published Thursday in the journal ...

The tube-nosed bats were identified in the protected forests of the Philippines by an international research team.