A monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder.

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their ...

Bats, rodents, hedgehogs, and shrews are mammals among the orders that are predicted to have the most undescribed mammals. (Pictured: a bicolored shrew) Werner Korschinsky via Wikimedia Commons under ...

Social mammals are wildly diverse, given that they can be found across all habitats and species. However, a new line of ...

As Christmas nears, so too do fun memes with purported wintery arctic facts. One popular addition to this genre is the claim that reindeer are the only mammals capable of seeing ultraviolet (UV) light ...

According to a new study, the first louse to take up residence on a mammalian host likely started out as a parasite of birds. That host-jumping event tens of millions of years ago began the long ...

The small mammals building at the Milwaukee County Zoo will be closing by the end of 2025. The closure is part of a strategic plan focused on the future of the zoo. Animals in the small mammals ...