Research has revealed how British otters may have been able to recover from species loss in the 1950s with the help of otters from Asia.
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The new paper also found some mammals are suffering due to a lack of fire.
Climate change has an impact on small mammals and some battle to survive. But some others have developed intriguing coping mechanisms to survive.
Modern sabre-tooth mammals have their canines constantly on display. This allows them to seduce mates. But was sexual selection also an important phenomenon among our pre-mammalian ancestors?
African lions were initially thought to belong to a single subspecies but new research shows that there is more diversity on the African continent.
Accurately counting cheetah numbers is crucial to ensuring the survival of the species.
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