When mammals have offspring, both in the wild and in captivity, new life is celebrated. This is especially true for species ...

Which group of mammals has the more 'primitive' reproductive strategy -- marsupials, with their short gestation periods, or humans and other placental mammals, which have long gestation periods? For ...

Reproduction is central to survival, but it may come at a hidden cost. In a new study, which drew on zoo records from more than 110 animals around the world, researchers found that blocking ...

It’s hard to imagine life on Earth without mammals. They swim in the depths of the ocean, hop across deserts in Australia and travel to the moon. This diversity can be deceiving, at least when it ...