Ancient Arboreal Mammal Discovered at Root of Carnivore Family Tree. A small, tree-dwelling mammal is the ancestor of lions, tigers, bears, and other fierce modern carnivores now found around the ...

The last new carnivorous mammal, a mongoose-like creature native to Madagascar, was uncovered in 2010. The most recent such find in the Western Hemisphere, the Colombian weasel, occurred in 1978.

A 26-year study at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic ...

Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have ...

Carnivorans, including carnivorous mammals like martens, wolverines, civets, and cats, were the focus of the new study. In particular, Dr. Jasinski and his co-authors focused on fossils collected ...

Though small size may seem like a meager trait, it can come with big advantages in the biological world. Here are 11 of the world's smallest mammals.

Carnivorous mammals, integral to the Amazon's ecosystem maintenance and functioning, are increasingly at risk due to human interference, especially climate change and deforestation.

Bobcats, extirpated from Ohio by 1855, have returned due to increasing forest cover. Some of the most iconic mammals on Earth ...

One by one the mammals went under the spectrophotometer. ... In addition, “prey species tend to have it on the belly, but carnivores tend to have it on their backs,” Dr. Travouillon said, ...