mammal

As the U.S. celebrates the animal named its national mammal in 2016, it’s worth remembering a seeming paradox: Economic forces devastated the buffalo and then, more than any act of Congress, brought it back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is a massive, hoofed mammal with a deep chest and pronounced hump at the shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Scientists say it is the furthest recorded distance for any African land mammal searching for a mate, offering hope that wildlife can travel across vast distances despite growing human pressures.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Today, they account for 20% of all mammal species, occupy habitats on every continent except Antarctica, and have adapted to a wide range of ecological niches.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Since the fifteenth century, Europeans have spread around the globe and encountered wild mammal species not found in Europe.

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

The sugar, found in most mammals but not in humans, prompts the antibodies that trigger an allergic reaction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

He has seen the large marine mammals before, on planned trips where humpback whale sightings are not as unusual, but this experience was "a complete surprise".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

That reconstruction offers a glimpse into the genetic makeup of one of the earliest flying mammals and creates a new resource for studying how bats developed their exceptional diversity.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Their teeth were unusually specialized for eating plants compared with the sharper teeth used for eating insects that are common among many Cretaceous mammals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Big domestic mammals further revolutionized human society by becoming our main means of land transport until the development of railroads in the 19th century.

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