Mammals are quite diverse. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and activity levels. They also differ widely by lifespan.

The mountain pygmy possum of Australia, the aye-aye of Madagascar and Leadbeater’s possum of Australia are the top three mammals that we should try to save, according to an improved method for ...

Serena, a dugong, swims at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Japan on Sept. 5, 2012. Populations of the vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Argentine Society for the Study of Mammals reviews the national IUCN Red List of mammal species the goal of better understanding population ...

Taxonomy, the study of how living organisms relate to one another as species, has been around since the 1700s. Though scientists and philosophers have long debated what makes a species a species, ...

Scientists have updated the conservation status of hundreds of mammals in Argentina, adding previously unassessed species and revising biodiversity threat levels. The assessment evaluated 417 native ...