What color was the fur of early mammals, back during the time of the dinosaurs? Paleontologists used to think that questions ...

The chevrotain is a strange mashup with a rodent’s pointy snout, tiny pig-like hooves, and fangs like a saber-toothed tiger.

A fossilized colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa.

MAMMALS come in all sizes from the largest of all, blue whales, to the smallest like the Least shrew. Whales are entirely ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

From ever-growing incisors to toxic droppings and tail language, discover lesser-known facts that make squirrels fascinating.

Mindoro doesn't have just one endemic species of forest mouse, but four, bumping the total number of endemic mammals found on ...

Few pests annoy me more than voles. They suck down seedlings overnight, leaving no evidence that a plant had stood there ...

Inside a metal vault here in rural Vietnam is a creature believed to be the most trafficked mammal in the world ... African pangolins toddling on their back legs, like mini-T-Rexes.

Block Island's seal population has climbed to over 1,000 and entanglements with marine debris are surging as a result.

The newcomer is the smallest model from BYD to reach UK shores, and with that small stature comes a very small price; a ...

Moments later a rat pops out of a nearby hole and makes a run for it—a dusty brown streak of small-mammal panic ... “They leap on their backs like a leopard in the Serengeti,” he says.