Any change to migratory patterns could be cause for concern. Scientists note disturbing trends among large mammals: 'Animals are increasingly compelled ...' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Now, new research from Aarhus University reveals that those large mammals that survived also experienced a dramatic decline. By studying the DNA of 139 living species of large mammals, scientists have ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Ancient DNA recovered from the floor of the North Sea shows that the lost land of Doggerland was covered in temperate forests and supported large land mammals during the Ice Age, long before it ...

Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

Diana Setterberg MSU News Service Oct 30, 2025 Oct 30, 2025 A study of nine species of large mammals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has revealed that their behavioral responses to summer heat ...

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Joseph Ogutu has received funding from the German Research Foundation and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. He is affiliated with the non-profits: One Mara-Research ...

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 ...

The changing climate has dramatically changed the migration patterns of several large mammals in Iran, a new study found. Researchers from Shahid Beheshti University and Iran's Department of ...

Now, new research from Aarhus University reveals that those large mammals that survived, also experienced a dramatic decline. By studying the DNA of 139 living species of large mammals, the scientists ...