All mammals have hair, ... There are a number of hairless dog breeds out there, including the Chinese crested dog, the Mexican hairless dog, the American hairless terrier, ...

Other pets and wild animals often flee during explosive July Fourth displays, leaving behind abandoned nests and creating ...

Many folks in southern coastal areas know about strand feeding, the remarkable fish-catching behavior demonstrated by ...

Learn all about mammals with these interactive learning resources for KS1 Science students aged 5-7 from BBC Bitesize. ... Dogs, cats, badgers and seals are all types of carnivorous mammals.

There is mounting evidence that even surprisingly simple animals, like invertebrates, have a level of consciousness - but not ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

The shift from lizard-like sprawl to upright walking in mammals wasn’t a smooth climb up the evolutionary ladder. Instead, it ...

A team of researchers in the Netherlands suggests which mammals make suitable pets and which don’t.

Interestingly, the CWD-detection dogs in this study weren’t hand-picked for their reputations as scenthounds. Healthy dogs and other mammals in general are “still much more sensitive in odor detection ...

Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of tunnels and chambers marked by many mounds of packed earth at their surface entrances. Burrows have defined nurseries, sleeping ...

Dog and Mammal Lifespans To determine the impact of certain genes on longevity, researchers compared the maximum lifespan potential (MLSP) of different mammals. This refers to the age of death of the ...