Latest about Land Mammals
Do pandas eat anything besides bamboo?
Pandas are descended from carnivores. Why do they eat an (almost) exclusively vegan diet?
How related are dire wolves and gray wolves? The answer might surprise you.
Recent findings indicate that dire wolves and gray wolves are distantly related, having diverged about 5.7 million years ago and, as far as scientists can tell, never interbred since then.
Chimps filmed sharing alcoholic food for first time
Videos of chimpanzees sharing alcoholic fruit suggest that this behavior could have led to feasting in humans, a new study finds.
Why do cats bring home dead animals?
Cats sometimes catch and leave a "gift" for their humans. But why do cats give us dead mice, birds or other prey?
Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammal
The plains viscacha looks a lot like a chinchilla, but it's known for building vast tunnels underground and for producing more than 300 eggs at one time.
Watch bison flee as famous Yellowstone wolf pack descends
Yellowstone's Junction Butte wolf pack failed in a recent attempt to kill a bison, but the pack appears to be thriving again after the death of its former alpha female, Wolf 907F.
Primates: Facts about the group that includes humans, apes, monkeys and other close relatives
Discover interesting facts about the origins of primates, what they eat, and if they have thumbs.
Zoo elephants form protective ring around young during California earthquake
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's elephants raced to protect their calves with an "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Julian in Southern California.
