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 ...

Australia is home to unusual mammals not found anywhere else—consider the platypus, Tasmanian devil or red kangaroo. But did ...

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 ...

The update draws on the Mammal Diversity Database, which compiles taxonomic and distribution information about mammals worldwide. Since 2005’s “Mammal Species of the World, Volume 3,” scientists have ...

A recent study highlights that over one-third of Vietnam's 329 mammal species are threatened with extinction. A recent study highlights that over one-third of Vietnam's 329 mammal species are ...

A new marsupial species belonging to what scientists call the world’s “cutest and fiercest” mammal group has been discovered in Australia. Planigale petrophila is named after the rocky slopes of the ...