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Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas. By Alexa Robles-Gil In northern Norway, scientists detected a disease-causing virus in ...

An Albuquerque museum curator was part of a team that identified a new species related to the muskox — one that roamed thousands of years ago and found its final resting place in what's now known as ...

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The middle ear of mammals, with an eardrum and several small bones, allows us to ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – A team of researchers has identified an Ice Age relative of the muskox from fossils uncovered in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The new species, named Speleotherium logani, ...

Human breast milk has long reigned as the most complex known mammal milk. But another species might dethrone us: gray seals. In a study published November 25 in the journal Nature Communications, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Borealpox virus was formerly known as Alaskapox. Researchers assessed six cases reported between 2020 and 2023 ...

View of a dolphin in the Dolphin Harbor, at the Miami Seaquarium, in Virginia Key, which closed on Oct. 12, 2025, after 70 years in business. Pedro Portal [email protected] For 70 years, ...

Bats are an important part of the ecosystem, eating pesky insects most humans hate. Sellers market bat homes, man-made roosts, to encourage them to stick around and eat insects. Tennessee is home to ...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Huge ...

A sweeping global study reveals that who lives longer, male or female, is written not in the chromosomes but in the battles for mates, reshaping how scientists understand aging across the animal ...