mammals

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Beluga whales are among the most challenging marine mammals to study.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The mammals are: the bottlenose dolphin, the brown hare, the European hedgehog, the grey seal, the pine martin and the red fox.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The team also examined whether the diets of more common fungi-eating mammals overlapped with the Gilbert's potoroo.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

That hypothesis suggests the mammals sometimes travel to feeding grounds in the Antarctic but then take a different journey home -- ending up in a completely new breeding area.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Those mammals thereby yield several times more calories over their lifetime than if they were just slaughtered and consumed as meat.

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