From mammoth African elephants to giant whales, let's take a look at the 8 largest mammals that inhabit our planet.

However, as the last phase of the ice age approached, these mammals vanquished from Earth, leaving behind a mystery to be unfolded by scientists. To study the extinction of megafauna from the face ...

More than half of all mammal species are rodents, a group that includes squirrels, hamsters, mice and guinea pigs. Rodents have long, sharp front teeth that they use for biting and gnawing.

In a grove of acacia trees a group of giraffes, members of a family of mammals that until 20 million years ago were small forest dwellers, nibble at the top branches. A few miles away elephants ...

One reason for their success is the way they move. Mammals as a group use every possible form of locomotion. Terrestrial species walk, run, jump, climb, hop, swing, dig, and burrow. Aquatic ones ...

The extinction of the dinosaurs was one such major event, eliminating a once-dominant group of competitors while some mammals survived. But the mammals did not simply step into ecological roles ...

A massive group of dolphins was recently spotted off California’s Central Coast, participating in what researchers say was ...

They are considered distant ancestors of modern mammals, belonging to the synapsid lineage, an evolutionary group distinct from reptiles. Although they resembled reptiles, their internal ...