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Scientists announced on March 5, 2026, that they have identified an entirely new genus of mammal called Tous, a group of ringtail possums found in the remote forests of Indonesian Papua. The discovery ...

There are only about 1,300 genera of living mammals worldwide. Discovering a totally new genus of mammal happens only a few times a year. Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly appear to have risen from the dead. And scientists have found one more—a marsupial thought to have disappeared ...

Kristofer M. Helgen is affiliated with the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Erik Meijaard and Tim Flannery do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Abstract: The classification of marine mammal calls is of enormous significance for the protection of marine mammals. Acoustic methods are the most effective tools for studying and monitoring marine ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world. Wildlife conservationists are again raising the plight of ...

Carolina University has named Dr. Heather Burkard as its next president, making history as the first woman to hold the job at the Winston-Salem school.The unive Emergency sewer work closes lanes on ...