mammal

The average mammal disappears from the fossil record in two million years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Caring for a single, distressed marine mammal can take significant time and resources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Zookeepers will need to coax every bird, reptile, fish and mammal - from the largest rodents in the world to the greenest katydids - to the weighing scale.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Just this month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Whale Awareness Act, which requires integrating marine mammal protection efforts and education into state boater safety courses and vessel registration.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

And a platypus, a mammal that looked like a bizarre cross between, oh, say, an otter and a duck.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Andrew Kitchener, an expert in mammals at National Museums, Scotland, who was not involved with the research, says the small spotted South American cats known as tiger cats have been a "taxonomic nightmare".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But DNA studies show the cat is actually in a class of its own, highlighting how much remains unknown about some of the world's most elusive mammals.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The deer also reduce habitat and food sources for native birds and mammals, such as the endemic Catalina Island fox, Barton said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Scientists have long been intrigued by a question surrounding bats: how can these flying mammals carry viruses capable of causing severe disease while rarely becoming seriously ill themselves?

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Today, we regard Africa as the continent of big mammals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond