LiveScience Topics: Mammals

More Mammals News and Information

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  Ancient Creatures Survived Arctic Winters

  Prehistoric Arctic mammals didn't migrate, fossils show; implications for ancient animal dispersals.

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  Caught on Video: Whales Steal Fish

  Video nabs sperm whales thieving cod from fishing lines.

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  Tasmanian Devils To Be Listed as 'Endangered'

  The Australian government has decided to list Tasmanian devils as endangered.

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  Good News: Rare Blue Whales on the Move

  Blue whales are migrating from California to the north Pacific Ocean, researchers find.

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  Mammals 'Got Milk' for Past 160 Million Years

  Mammals and milk go together — it is produced by all species in this group. The link actually goes back to the Jurassic.

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  Evolution's Most Extreme Mammals

  The sometimes bizarre world of extinct and living mammals, featuring spectacular fossils and the evolution of numerous species, ranging from huge to tiny and speedy to sloth-like.

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  Let's Hold Hands: Why Viruses Love Humans

  The instruction from public health officials to keep away from others to stop the spread of the swine flu is a tough one for us primates.

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  6,000 Rare Dolphins Found in South Asia

  Largest known population of Irrawaddy dolphins is found in South Asia.

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  Do Animals Enjoy Sex?

  Animals obviously hook up, at least during mating season. But do they like it? According to experts, there are two answers: yes, and it is impossible to know.

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  Rare Cheetahs Photographed

  Four Saharan cheetahs have been photographed in Algeria as part of the first camera-trap survey of the central Sahara.

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  Mammoth Bones Found in San Diego

  Construction workers uncover remains ancient ice-age beast.

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  New Survey Finds More than 600 Asian Elephants

  A new survey of dung has turned up a population of endangered Asian elephants living in a Malaysian park.

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  Sightings May Solve Whale of a Mystery

  A large number of North Atlantic right whales have been spotted in the Gulf of Maine, suggest a rare wintering ground.

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  Reindeer Could Remain on the Run

  Caribou, aka reindeer, could soon become endangered by threats such as oil exploration and climate change.

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  Huge Cave Bears: When and Why They Disappeared

  Vegetarianism and cool temps made cave bears extinct long before other Ice Age animals died out.

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  Woolly Rhinoceros Discovery Is Oldest in Europe

  The skull of a woolly rhinoceros suggests the beast was an efficient grazer.

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  Helicopters Collect Whale Snot from Blowholes

  The mist from whales' blowholes could give scientists information on their health.

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  Origin of Bad Hair Discovered

  Our hair dates back hundreds of millions of years.

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  Your Odor: Unique as Fingerprint

  Mammals have genetically-determined unique odor that doesn't change with diet.

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  Tasmanian Devils Could Be Gone in 20 Years

  A national project aims to save the endangered Tasmanian devil from extinction.

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  Sabertooth 'Tigers' Were Social Beasts

  Though most cats are loners, the sabertooth worked in packs.