mammals

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‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers | Mammals

It’s happened to me dozens of times: I’m riding a wave when, out of the corner of my eye, I…

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The evidence is mounting: humans were responsible for the extinction of large mammals

The debate has raged for decades: Was it humans or climate change that led to the extinction of many species…

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New mathematical model sheds light on the absence of breastfeeding in male mammals

Being nursed by a single parent could be an evolutionary strategy to curb the spread of harmful microbes in mammals,…

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Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth

Enlarge / The echidna, an egg-laying mammal, doesn’t develop teeth. Outliers among mammals, monotremes lay eggs instead of giving birth…

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Chimps are dying of human sniffles. Is great ape tourism to blame? | Mammals

There was something wrong with the chimpanzees. For weeks, a community of 205 animals in Uganda’s Kibale national park had…

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Iconic savanna mammals face genetic problems due to fences and roads

Whether by way of Attenborough, Disney or National Geographic, the iconic scene is familiar to many. The ground trembles and…

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Mammals: World-first as Attenborough series films leopards hunting in pitch black

African leopards have been filmed hunting at night for the first time as part of Sir David Attenborough’s latest series…

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Surprising behavior in one of the least studied mammals in the world

Some animals live in such remote and inaccessible regions of the globe that it is nearly impossible to study them…

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