For the past 65 million years, mammals have thrived across nearly every corner of Earth. In this time span, they have shaped ...

Understanding these animals helps highlight the importance of respecting wildlife boundaries and recognizing that cuteness does not equate to safety.

The American pika — a small, herbivorous, conspicuously cute mammal related to rabbits and hares — is adapted to the cold climate in high-elevation boulder fields and alpine meadows in the mountains ...

A group of students tried to release cute and seemingly harmless little mammals in Colorado — and the critters turned out to be bolder than they bargained for, video shows. The students from ...

We might think they’re safe since they ‘breed like rabbits,’ but many rabbits and hares are threatened with extinction Graham Duggan Whether we think of rabbits and hares as the cute ...

Same goes for those cute flying squirrels and burrowing owls. The trouble is, all species are unique and deserve protection—especially in the face of increasing threats to their habitats and ...

Japan was once home to dozens of the cute mammals. But the species became endangered in the wild, and trade in sea otters fell under strict regulations. Japanese aquariums tried to breed otters in ...