Imagine an animal that seems to be assembled from various other creatures: it has large eyes, the round body of a rabbit, a rodent’s pointed snout, tiny pig-like hooves, and even fangs like those of a ...

From the small ossicones of a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a moose, all these distinct headgears evolved from the same ancestor but are dramatically different in size and shape due to ...

Sept. 3 (UPI) --The United Nations launched the world's first map Wednesday that shows the live migration of antelopes, guanacos, zebras and other land-hoofed ungulates currently facing threat by ...

Despite a common narrative that male mammals tend to dwarf female ones, fewer than half of mammalian species display that pattern, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes Female elephant seals are not ...

A diverse array of mammal headgear is on display in the Museum’s Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation as part of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Collections Core. From the small ...

The world's first map to show the live migration of antelopes, African elephants, zebras and other land-hoofed ungulates, currently facing threat by humans and climate change, can be viewed online ...