MISSOULA, Mont. — Chris Hansen conducted a study using trail cameras to track mammal diversity in urban areas. Hansen, a University of Montana Ph.D. graduate, used 178 trail cameras to study how ...

Postdoctoral researcher Chris Hansen installs a trail camera in the high country above Missoula to study the effects of urbanization on mammal diversity. (UM News Service photo) A trail-camera image ...

New research has examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes to mammalian ecosystems and species diversity on the North American continent. When trying to understand the ...

New research has dramatically expanded the known roster of mammals on Earth. A new review published in the Journal of Mammalogy shows that the number of living mammal species has surged to nearly ...

A new study sheds light on how climate change and human development threaten mammal species living in isolated biodiversity hotspots known as "sky islands." Researchers placed camera traps throughout ...

Many mammals have fur the color of brown and black. Why don't they have more exotic colors, like purple and neon pink?

Bats are one of the most diverse orders of mammals and represent an important component of ecological balance. They may make up a large portion of the mammal diversity — including in countries like ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Researchers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a new mammal species from 65 million years ago. A fossil of a skull and jaws of the newly discovered species were ...

Baby dinosaurs weren’t coddled like lion cubs or elephant calves—they were more like prehistoric latchkey kids. New research ...