Mammals
Picture of the Week—Baby Gorilla
Did you hear? A western lowland gorilla named Mandara gave birth last Saturday at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
What Happens When You Remove the Cats From a Rabbit-Laden Island?
Australians of European descent might be forgiven for thinking they could turn the continent into another Europe
Some Whispering Bats Might Need a New Name
These whispering bats never really whispered. Their echolocations were thought to be about 70 decibels, about the level of sound coming from speaking
Primatologist’s Prison Sentence Commuted
Primatologist and Amazon adventurer Marc van Roosmalen was convicted last year in Brazil of illegal wildlife trafficking and theft of government property
Mountain Gorilla Rangers Negotiate Safe Passage in Congo
One of the first Smithsonian articles I worked on was last year’s Guerrillas in Their Midst, about the endangered mountain gorillas of Rwanda and Congo
When Will There Be Herds of Mammoths?
With the announcement that the woolly mammoth genome has been sequenced, it seems natural to ask when we will finally see live mammoths
Sabertooth Cat: More Like a Lion or a House Cat?
It is difficult to figure out the behaviors of an animal that lived thousands—or millions—of years ago when all you have are its fossilized bones
And the Next Species Predicted to Be Lost to Climate Change is…
…the antilopine wallaroo, a type of kangaroo that lives in wet, tropical areas of Australia
On the Evolutionary Gold Mine Down Under
What the platypus and other Australian species reveal about genetics
A Wildlife Mystery in Vietnam
The discovery of the saola alerted scientists to the strange diversity of Southeast Asia's threatened forests
Tracking the Bighorns
Where do the elusive mountain climbers go? Researchers have finally learned some answers
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Flying mammals, Galápagos iguanas and sidewalk songbirds
Camelot
In the mid-1800s, "ships of the desert" reported for duty in the Southwest
Hippo Haven
An idealistic married couple defy poachers and police in strife-torn Zimbabwe to protect a threatened herd of placid pachyderms
A Whale Called Phoenix
A very large mammal will help tell an even weightier tale—about the ocean in this crowded, challenging century
Back Home On The Range
When a group of Native Americans took up bison ranching, they brought a prairie back to life
Herd on the Street
In Anchorage, Alaska, you never know when a moose will show up on your doorstep
Close Encounters
Northwest of Seattle, an overly friendly orca polarizes a community
Talking to Horses
Stanford Addison uses intuition, compassion and persistence to "break" wild horses
Great Expectations
Elephant researchers believe they can boost captive-animal reproduction rates and reverse a potential population crash in zoos
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