A study reveals how seasonal brain shrinking helps some mammals survive winter, offering new insights into brain plasticity ...

Of all the mammals in the world, humans by far have the strangest diets. As omnivores, we have the most variety of any other ...

They therefore trapped small mammals—mostly mice, voles, squirrels and shrews—at 40 sites in the wildernesses of eastern ...

A new species of shrew, Soriculus dexingensis, is discovered in Tibet, raising the number of known shrew species there to six ...

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 ...

Energy intake is a critical determinant of reproductive performance in small mammals, particularly during energetically demanding periods such as lactation. Recent investigations have revealed that ...

THE STARS AND STRIPES SALE NOW AT ASHLAND. THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO IS CLOSING ITS SMALL MAMMALS BUILDING. IT IS PART OF THE ZOO’S LONG TERM PLAN TO IMPROVE ANIMAL CARE. THE BUILDING HOUSES ANIMALS ...

Scientists found an unexpected aging pattern in a mostly intact juvenile mammal skeleton from the paleontological period. By Jack Tamisiea Small mammals often live fast and die young. Rodents and ...

(WLUK) -- The Milwaukee County Zoo says it's closing one of its animal buildings as part of a new strategic plan. The Small Mammals Building will close by the end of the year. The zoo is already in ...

An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...