New research has dramatically expanded the known roster of mammals on Earth. A new review published in the Journal of Mammalogy shows that the number of living mammal species has surged to nearly ...

The species’ melanosomes—tiny, pigment-filled structures inside hair cells—are hollow, a trait never before seen in mammals ...

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

By Maxwell Radwin Scientists have updated the conservation status of hundreds of mammals in Argentina, adding previously ...

Scientists from around the globe are using the largest mammalian genomic dataset in history to determine the evolutionary history of the human genome in the context of mammalian evolutionary history.

Glowing bats may sound like Halloween decor, but researchers in Georgia have discovered certain species of North American bats that are capable of the unusual trick. When placed under ultraviolet ...