This semi-aquatic mammal may look improbable, but its biology reveals how evolution shapes even the strangest mammal bodies.

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We lurched along an unpaved road in the night, walls of trees and knotted vines on either side. In the darkness lurked some of the world’s most unusual mammals, and I had come to Borneo to fulfill a ...

A group of scientists studying pregnancy across six different mammals—from humans to marsupials—uncovered how certain cells at the mother-baby boundary have been working together for over 100 million ...

In the incredible Instagram clip below, a pangolin buries its head into a log for lunch. The beautiful scaled mammal is on all fours, standing within the log as a zoo worker crouches behind her. The ...

Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a broad tail. But their appearance isn’t even the strangest thing about them. Not ...