mammals

Mysterious 'encounters' keep happening: Norwegian sail boat severely damaged by orcas off the coast

Researchers prefer to speak of encounters and interactions rather than attacks and assume that the orcas do not act with aggressive intent.

Over two dozen new species discovered in Peruvian forest

Scientists discovered over two dozen new species in Peru's Amazon rainforest, including a semi-aquatic mouse and three other previously unknown mammals, during a 2022 expedition.

22/12/2024

Earless, hairless, apex predator with saber teeth: Oldest known ancestor of mammals found in Mallor

Researchers found a 270-million-year-old gorgonopsian fossil, the earliest known saber-toothed animal.

Cows, cats and now alpacas: Bird flu discovered for first time in 4 Idaho alpacas

The virus the alpacas were infected with was the same strain that has been spreading among dairy cattle in recent months.

29/05/2024

Goat infected with bird flu in the US for first time

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health noted that the risk to the public is “extremely low.”

24/03/2024

Get to know the Winter Butterfly

This beautiful creature has colorful rear wings, and surprisingly, its front wings are almost transparent. No other butterfly in Israel has transparent-like wings except the Apollo.

By ITSIK MAROM
25/02/2024

Ancient whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth

Whales evolved a bit more than 50 million years ago from hoofed, land-dwelling mammals as big as a medium-sized dog.

By REUTERS
02/08/2023

Dinosaur vs mammal: Dramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur

"Here, we have good evidence for a smaller mammal preying on a larger dinosaur, which is not something we would have guessed without this fossil," Mallon added.

By REUTERS
20/07/2023

Dramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur

"Dinosaurs nearly always outsized their mammal contemporaries, so traditional belief has been that their interactions were unilateral - the bigger dinosaurs always ate the smaller mammals."

By REUTERS
18/07/2023

Why males have lower-pitched voices - study

A new study finds that large group size and mating systems in which males have multiple mates drove the evolution of lower-pitched voices in primates.

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