Mammals are among the most adaptable animals on the planet. They are found on every continent and in every ocean, and range in size from tiny bumblebee bats to enormous blue whales. One reason for ...

From the top of Shifting Sands dune in the Serengeti Plain of Africa a million mammals are in motion ... a researcher for the National Center for Scientific Research in France, speculates that ...

After a night of searching for nectar, mother bats return to the roost to feed their babies using what National Geographic explorer Begoña Iñarritu describes as a multi-sensory process to seek ...

Their eyes are large, helping these nocturnal mammals navigate the dark, and their fur color and markings vary by species. Some flying squirrels have only one mating cycle per year but others ...

and the domestic trade within countries is mostly outlawed by national governments as well. There is a heated debate among scientists, economists, government officials, and others over whether ...

Three-toed sloths also have an advantage that few other mammals possess: They have extra neck vertebrae that allows them to turn their heads some 270 degrees.

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... since birds are more closely related to reptiles than to mammals. Had birds and mammals evolved placodes independently?

Life that survived the so-called Great Dying repopulated the planet, diversified into freshly exposed ecological niches, and gave rise to new creatures, including rodent-size mammals and the first ...