Latest about Land Mammals
Tiny male marsupials sacrifice sleep for a chance at sex — then all die at once and get eaten
Male antechinuses lose three hours of sleep every night during their three-week breeding season to boost their chances of mating, then they die off in a single event.
Bigfoot? Sasquatch? Nope, it's probably just a black bear — unless you live in Florida
Bigfoot reports across North America have been linked to the presence of black bears, but the research can't account for sightings in Florida.
Pangolin courtship ritual and birth of a 'pangopup' captured in incredible, rare footage
Pangolin courtship rituals can last hours and require lots of adjusting for the couple's scaly armor, incredible new footage shot for the PBS series "Big Little Journeys" reveals.
Cloned Przewalski's horses are 'resurrected stallions' that could help species thrive, scientists say
Przewalski's horses cloned from a stallion that died in 1998 could help reintroduce much needed diversity to the species that was once declared extinct in the wild.
Meet 'Retro': The 1st ever cloned rhesus monkey to survive more than a day
Scientists have created a healthy rhesus monkey clone by providing the cloned embryo with a healthy placenta, paving the way for more efficient cloning of primates and other mammals.
'Peculiar' pink fairy armadillos have a weird double skin not seen in any other mammal
Pink fairy armadillos, which are just 6 inches long, appear to have evolved a strange double skin millions of years ago as they moved underground in response to the climate becoming more arid.
Adorable but deadly little wildcat may be inbreeding at 'alarming' rates, study finds
Black footed cats are already a threatened species, and habitat fragmentation is now causing increased rates of interbreeding, placing them at higher risk of disease.
Do cats really hate us?
Scientific research on how cats view us is mixed, but one thing is clear — they don't adore us the way dogs do.
Extinct 'hypercarnivorous' California grizzly bears were actually mostly vegetarian before Europeans showed up
Although extinct California grizzlies upped their meat consumption following European colonization and agricultural expansion, they were mostly veggie and smaller than what historical sources claim.
