Latest about Land Mammals
Elephants say 'hello' to friends by flapping their ears and making little rumbly noises
Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests.
Is hippo milk really pink?
Hippos don't produce pink milk, but they do produce a pink, sweat-like secretion.
'Hostilities began in an extremely violent way': How chimp wars taught us murder and cruelty aren't just human traits
Can chimpanzees wage war? In this excerpt from "The Beast Within: Human as Animals," scientific researcher Jessica Serra looks at the dark side of our cousins' behavior.
Why do dogs sniff each other's butts?
And like dogs, why do cats also sniff fellow felines' behinds?
Hammer-headed bat: The African megabat that looks like a gargoyle and holds honking pageants
Hammer-headed bats are named after the males' oversized boxy heads, which evolved to amplify and project the honking sounds they produce to impress females during courtship displays.
How do cats land on their feet?
Cats are masters of contortion — and the laws of physics — which helps them stick the landing more times than not.
Why do cats' claws retract but dogs' claws don't?
Why don't dogs claws retract like felines' do?
Southern grasshopper mouse: The tiny super-predator that howls at the moon before it kills
The southern grasshopper mouse is largely immune to the venom of the Arizona bark scorpion and will resort to cannibalism when times are tough.
Watch tigress and her cubs feasting on crocodile they killed in rare footage
Visitors at Ranthambore National Park in India captured rare footage and images of a tigress and her three 1-year-old cubs feasting on the carcass of a crocodile after killing it.
'Unusual' beaver die-off in Utah caused by 'rabbit fever,' which can also infect humans
At least nine beavers and a vole have been found dead in Utah after an unusual outbreak of tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, which can infect and kill humans, cats and dogs. Experts warn people to be wary of ticks, which can transmit the disease across species.
