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Our lands are laden with mammals of all shapes and sizes, from the smallest shrews and moles to ginormous hippos and elephants. Live Science provides you with all the biggest land mammal research, with our expert team of writers and editors bringing the latest news, features and articles about land mammals, such as cannibal monkeys, mini kangaroos and jaguar bromances.
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Kanzi the bonobo could play pretend — a trait thought unique to humans
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Grim photo captures polar bear mom and cubs resting in mud in summer heat
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'System in flux': Scientists reveal what happened when wolves and cougars returned to Yellowstone
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'Part of the evolutionary fabric of our societies': Same-sex sexual behavior in primates may be a survival strategy, study finds
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Coyote scrambles onto Alcatraz Island after perilous, never-before-seen swim
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Ever watched a pet cow pick up a broom and scratch herself with it? You have now
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Ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in Saudi Arabia contain preserved DNA from the long-lost population
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Grim photo captures polar bear mom and cubs resting in mud in summer heat
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Polar bears in southern Greenland are 'using jumping genes to rapidly rewrite their own DNA' to survive melting sea ice
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Bear's new metal tooth is world's biggest-ever crown
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Do pandas eat anything besides bamboo?
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Bears: Facts about the furry omnivores that live in many parts of the world
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Watch polar bear cubs emerge from their winter den for 1st time on Svalbard
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Polar bears are getting horrific injuries and huge 'ice balls' on their paws because of climate change, researchers say
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Bleak photo of polar bear with plastic in its jaws in the remote Arctic shows pollution's 'pervasive grip'
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Sun bear: The little carnivores that look so similar to humans they've been mistaken for people wearing costumes
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Ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in Saudi Arabia contain preserved DNA from the long-lost population
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Did any cat breeds develop naturally?
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Cats meow more at men to get their attention, study suggests
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People in China lived alongside 'chicken-killing tigers' long before domestic cats arrived
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Why do some cat siblings look so different?
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Scientists discover new type of lion roar
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Can you speak cat? Scientists develop quiz that reveals how well you understand our feline friends
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Asian golden cat: The 'feline of many costumes' that plucks birds before eating them
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Jaguar in Brazil smashes record for the species' longest documented swim
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Most modern dogs have wolf DNA from relatively recent interbreeding. Here's which breeds are the most and least 'wolfish.'
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Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they really liked snacks, model suggests
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We finally know why dogs shake when they're wet
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Dogs can smell their humans' stress, and it makes them sad
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Why do dogs look like their owners?
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'Puppy eyes' didn't evolve just for humans, study of wild dogs finds
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Why do dogs sniff each other's butts?
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Genetic quirk in 25% of Labrador retrievers can lead to overeating, obesity
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French bulldog puppy spontaneously regrows jaw after surgery in 1st known case of its kind
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Why do elephants have big ears?
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Zoo elephants form protective ring around young during California earthquake
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Do 'elephant graveyards' really exist?
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Elephants: Facts about Earth's largest living land animals
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Elephants say 'hello' to friends by flapping their ears and making little rumbly noises
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'Most of Gorongosa's large animals had died': How an African paradise for nature recovered from the ravages of war
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'They are very well aware of their agency': Elephant calf burial ritual discovered in India
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Watch a rare pink albino elephant baby playing by a waterhole in adorable footage
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Scientists may have finally figured out how elephants got their incredible trunks
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'Part of the evolutionary fabric of our societies': Same-sex sexual behavior in primates may be a survival strategy, study finds
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Why can't you wiggle your toes one at a time?
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Primates Quiz: Go ape and test your knowledge on our closest relatives
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Science history: Dian Fossey found murdered, after decades protecting gorillas that she loved — Dec. 27, 1985
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A decade-long chimp war ended in a baby boom for the victors, scientists discover
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'A forest with bonobos has never been so quiet': Most extreme case of violence in 'hippie' species recorded, with females ganging up on male in unprecedented attack
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Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds
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Chimps 'think about thinking' in order to weigh evidence and plan their actions, new research suggests
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Lab monkeys on the loose in Mississippi don't have herpes, university says. But are they dangerous?
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