Rhino fossils found in China have revealed that the newly-discovered species Paraceratherium lixiaense, or Linxia Giant Rhino, was one of the largest mammals to ever live on Earth. This rhino species ...

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

The changing climate has dramatically changed the migration patterns of several large mammals in Iran, a new study found. Researchers from Shahid Beheshti University and Iran's Department of ...

Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

A new study published in the Journal of Biogeography details a compilation of the most comprehensive record to date of large mammals that once roamed the Arabian Peninsula (AP) during the Holocene.

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 ...

A study of nine species of large mammals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has revealed that their behavioral responses to summer heat were influenced more by the structure of their environments ...

Diana Setterberg MSU News Service Oct 30, 2025 Oct 30, 2025 A study of nine species of large mammals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has revealed that their behavioral responses to summer heat ...

Prehistoric humans hunt a woolly mammoth. More and more research shows that this species – and at least 46 other species of megaherbivores – were driven to extinction by humans. The debate has raged ...

Despite a common narrative that male mammals tend to dwarf female ones, fewer than half of mammalian species display that pattern, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes Female elephant seals are not ...