Mammals
New Dinosaur-era mammal species "Ravjaa ishii" discovered in Mongolia's Gobi Desert
This is the first finding of Zhelestidae in Mongolia, changing the understanding of their distribution.
With Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi Colossal Biosciences revives the dire wolves
Flowering plants, not dinosaurs, drove mammals to ground 72 million years ago
Study tracks Arabia’s lost large mammals
Discovering the leaf-eating, tree-clinging mammal of the Paleocene
Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ecological niche after the dinosaurs.
Colossal Biosciences creates 'woolly mice' with mammoth-like traits in de-extinction effort
Scientists edited seven genes to produce mice with woolly fur and cold adaptations similar to mammoths.
778,000-year-old animal tracks found on Isla de las Palomas
Over 600 fossilized footprints of species like elephants and giraffes suggest Tarifa was a transit corridor in the Early Pleistocene.
Mysterious 'encounters' keep happening: Norwegian sail boat severely damaged by orcas off the coast
Researchers prefer to speak of encounters and interactions rather than attacks and assume that the orcas do not act with aggressive intent.
Over two dozen new species discovered in Peruvian forest
Scientists discovered over two dozen new species in Peru's Amazon rainforest, including a semi-aquatic mouse and three other previously unknown mammals, during a 2022 expedition.
Earless, hairless, apex predator with saber teeth: Oldest known ancestor of mammals found in Mallor
Researchers found a 270-million-year-old gorgonopsian fossil, the earliest known saber-toothed animal.
Cows, cats and now alpacas: Bird flu discovered for first time in 4 Idaho alpacas
The virus the alpacas were infected with was the same strain that has been spreading among dairy cattle in recent months.
Goat infected with bird flu in the US for first time
The Minnesota Board of Animal Health noted that the risk to the public is “extremely low.”
Get to know the Winter Butterfly
This beautiful creature has colorful rear wings, and surprisingly, its front wings are almost transparent. No other butterfly in Israel has transparent-like wings except the Apollo.
Ancient whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth
Whales evolved a bit more than 50 million years ago from hoofed, land-dwelling mammals as big as a medium-sized dog.
Dinosaur vs mammal: Dramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur
"Here, we have good evidence for a smaller mammal preying on a larger dinosaur, which is not something we would have guessed without this fossil," Mallon added.