Scientists in Australia trained sea lions and seals to respond to a hearing test for research into how the marine mammals are affected by human-made noise. Keepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo trained two ...

In many well-known mammals today, males are bigger than females and carry the showier horns or teeth. Paleontologists assumed the same of Uintatherium, an extinct giant with six bony knobs on its head ...

As the only flying mammals on Earth, bats play an extraordinary and vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems across the globe.

A woman who experienced "severe stomach pain" after eating a bratwurst and a burger has been diagnosed with the rare but potentially fatal tick-borne meat allergy alpha-gal. Angela Lundy, from Ross ...

Mongooses are known for their mob mentality when killings predators or prey (such as snakes). Together, they can easily kill ...

Large dogs have shorter lives than smaller breeds because of “jumping genes” that wreak havoc with their DNA, say scientists.

What may have looked like a cross between a platypus and a beaverlike rodent and lived around 120 million years ago?

About 165 million years ago, a furry critter that swam like a platypus, hunted like an otter and had a tail similar to a ...

Q. I grew up (many years ago) on the Gulf Coast near Biloxi and was always excited when we saw porpoises in the water off the ...

The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will feature on the next series of banknotes, the Bank of England has announced. The first denomination from the new series ...