Blogs Posts in Mammals News category; 145 blog posts

Hippopotamus

A hippo peers from a plant-covered pool in Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve. These massive mammals keep cool by submerging their massive bodies in African ponds, rivers, and lakes for up to 16 hours a day. Though they can hold their [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Flying mammals

Bats are amazing animals and an important part of our natural environment. These small mammals are crucial to the seed dispersal and pollination of many plants and consume a large number of insects pests. Firstly bats are not blind, de [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Whales, dolphins, seals: newcomers crowd into British waters...

The waters around the British Isles could soon be home to several new species of mammals as a rising number of foreign visitors are being reported around our coasts. Experts believe the rare sightings of cetaceans from tropical climes cou [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Musk Oxen Live to Tell a Survivors’ Tale

Among the various large, charismatic and visibly winterized mammals that one might choose as a mascot for life in the Arctic belt, polar bears are, let’s face it, too hackneyed, reindeer too Rudolph, caribou too Sarah Palin’s [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

In Mammals Genomic Fault Zones Come And Go

The fragile regions in mammalian genomes that are thought to play a key role in evolution go through a "birth and death" process, according to new bioinformatics research performed at the University of California, San Diego. Th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Dogs really are smarter than cats, new research shows

Feline lovers, get ready for a cat fight! It seems that cats have smaller brains than dogs because they're less social, according to research reported in The Telegraph. Scientists at Oxford University who were looking at how [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Appeal to save ‘one-of-a-kind’ mammals

An appeal to help some of the world’s weirdest mammals in their struggle for survival was made by conservationists yesterday. The creatures, which include hose-nosed tapirs, a bat-eared bushbaby and a scaly anteater, are described [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Put rare Hawaii dolphin on endangered list

The federal government is recommending that a small population of dolphins living near Hawaii be placed on the endangered species list. The National Marine Fisheries Service said Tuesday it's identified 29 threats to the population&# [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Ilisagvik College's marine mammal observer program moves for...

In preparation for employment as marine mammal observers, seven North Slope students met at Deadhorse last summer for a specialized training opportunity. Students from Kaktovik, Nuiqsut and Barrow studied marine mammal ecology, acoustics [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Research worthy of Kipling: how the sloth got its long neck

It's not quite how the elephant's child got his long nose, but still is research worthy of Rudyard Kipling: scientists said Monday they have figured out how sloths got their long necks. Throughout the animal kingdom, most ma [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Mammal-Like Reptiles

Amniotes are the group of the vertebrates that evolved from early tetrapod amphibians, and developed eggs suited to life in a terrestrial environment. They are believed to have evolved during the early Carboniferous period, perhaps aroun [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Bargain Mammal Watching Holidays

This is a selection of long-haul, expert-escorted Naturetrek wildlife holidays, primarily focusing on mammals, that offer outstanding value for money, being amongst. The most competitively priced group mammal holidays on the worldwid [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Sea Mammals join the Fight against Terrorism

The United States Navy has a new ally on their side in the war on terror: marine mammals. Does this seem too far fetched for you? Think again. The Navy has teamed up with Navy Marine Mammals in the fight against terrorism. These animals [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Animal mass grave discovered at Chinese zoo

The bodies of more than 30 animals, including rare white tigers and lions, that died of malnutrition have been found in a mass grave near a Chinese zoo. The discovery comes just weeks after more than a dozen tigers were found to have die [...]