Land Mammals
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![Tigress Riddhi lying next to the crocodile she and her cubs killed.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hK44TxHVgUQNYehxYuPrSL-320-80.jpg)
Watch tigress and her cubs feasting on crocodile they killed in rare footage
By Sascha Pare published
Visitors at Ranthambore National Park in India captured rare footage and images of a tigress and her three 1-year-old cubs feasting on the carcass of a crocodile after killing it.
![A beaver swimming in a pong with a stick in its mouth](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yVfMpmJQyDnbZimft4TQKC-320-80.jpg)
'Unusual' beaver die-off in Utah caused by 'rabbit fever,' which can also infect humans
By Harry Baker published
At least nine beavers and a vole have been found dead in Utah after an unusual outbreak of tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, which can infect and kill humans, cats and dogs. Experts warn people to be wary of ticks, which can transmit the disease across species.
![Rewild the World at Bedtime by Emily Hawkins, illustrated by Ella Beech © Wide Eyed Editions, 2024](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7iushqCGp7cS2Jm2JwLqkP-320-80.jpg)
'Most of Gorongosa's large animals had died': How an African paradise for nature recovered from the ravages of war
By Alexander McNamara published
"Where once there had been more than two thousand elephants, now there were fewer than two hundred."
![Close-up of a Sumatran tiger in a jungle.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZUXHZGghYTsD5F3vLgcm3P-320-80.jpg)
Is the Javan tiger back from extinction? New study ignites controversy.
By Patrick Pester published
Geneticists have critiqued a study suggesting extinct Javan tigers are still alive, but the search is just beginning.
![A northern marsupial mole eating a gecko.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3mcrBcy73qfeoaRnXqRTdU-320-80.jpg)
Extremely rare marsupial mole that 'expertly navigates' sand dunes spotted in Western Australia
By Sascha Pare published
Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Martu rangers have photographed an elusive mole covered in silky golden locks that burrows in the sands of Western Australia and is only spotted a few times per decade.
![A gray wolf photographed in the wild in Wisconsin.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Pv9xEtaryd52ATPLc7nMXF-320-80.jpg)
Giant coyote killed in southern Michigan turns out to be a gray wolf — despite the species vanishing from region 100 years ago
By Sascha Pare published
A hunter who killed a gray wolf during a legal coyote hunt in Michigan's Lower Peninsula in January said he mistook the animal for a large coyote.
![Two pictures, one of a brown rat and the other of a black rat, facing each other.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C35MhERoB2FfYqfy3ydyEW-320-80.jpg)
A war of the rats was raging in North America decades before the Declaration of Independence
By Sascha Pare published
Rodent bones from archaeological settlements and shipwrecks in North America reveal that brown rats were introduced earlier than thought and came to dominate black rats within a few decades.
![A Patagonian mara lying in the grass in captivity.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cuzu7woT79nr242aaEgFx-320-80.jpg)
Patagonian mara: The monogamous rodents that mate only a few times a year but pee on each other constantly
By Sascha Pare published
Male Patagonian maras follow females wherever they go and rub poop on the ground around them to deter rival males.
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