The elephant won the first March Mammal Madness in 2013. / John Partipilo / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Every March, college basketball fans print out brackets and try ...

The planet’s earliest mammals are an important part of our evolutionary history, yet remain shrouded in mystery. One of them, Mixodectes pungens lived in western North America during the early ...

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery. What little was known about them had been mostly ...

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery. What little was known about them had been mostly ...

That animal is the pangolin. And no, I didn’t say penguin! Pangolins are remarkable creatures, yet they hold an unfortunate title — the most trafficked mammal in the world. Pangolins are fascinating, ...

Scientists with the company Colossal have created genetically engineered "woolly mice" with thick, golden-brown hair and fat deposits similar to those of cold-adapted woolly mammoths.

If a puma, a Ginkgo tree, and a narwhal all step into a ring, who’s winning the fight? March Mammal Madness comes as close as one can to answering this question; though the annual event doesn’t ...