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 ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — Researchers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a new mammal species from 65 million years ago.

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 ...

NEW YORK— Conservation groups sued several federal officials and departments today in the U.S. Court of International Trade over their failure to implement the import provisions of the Marine Mammal ...

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

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 ...