mammals

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The animal, one of the world's most endangered and trafficked mammals, has been stripped of its scales and is being advertised by a Thai account selling "seasonal wild delicacies".

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

The largest gathering of nonhuman mammals on earth takes place in Texas, where 20 million bats crowd into Bracken Cave near San Antonio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Australia is the only continent with no cases of the H5N1 strain which has spread among birds worldwide and affected some mammals.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

"Regenerative failure in mammals can be rescued," he said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

But Australia / New Guinea formerly had its own suite of diverse big mammals, including giant kangaroos, rhinolike marsupials called diprotodonts and reaching the size of a cow, and a marsupial “leopard.”

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