The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Platypuses are one of the few mammals that lay eggs. Aquatic – Any animal that lives or feeds in water. Seals, dolphins and beavers are all types of aquatic mammal. Carnivores – Animals which ...

Mammals are among the most adaptable animals on the planet. They are found on every continent and in every ocean, and range in size from tiny bumblebee bats to enormous blue whales. One reason for ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission and ...

Are seals mammals? We've done the research! Jump in to read about the characteristics of seals that make them mammals!

The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major extinction event. One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 ...

Scientists looked at the melanosomes from 116 living mammals and compared them to the fossilised versions from six types of Mesozoic mammals from around 158 million years ago to see which fur had ...