PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate ...

Pine martens have returned to a wild lands area of south-west England after an absence of more than a century. Fifteen of the tree-climbing mammals – eight adult females and seven adult males – have ...

Large mammals in Yellowstone adapt to summer heat by changing behavior—shaped more by landscape than biology, a new study ...

This study tests two predictions about habitat use by the small mammal species of Assateague Island, the largest of the Virginia barrier islands: (1) habitat segregation between species should be ...

As the climate warms, preserving forest cover will be increasingly important for wildlife conservation, finds a study of North American mammals. The cool of the forest is a welcome escape on a hot day ...

Determining habitat associations of small mammal species and environmental characteristics important for site occupancy are central to understanding species biology and community organization. Most ...

A study of nine species of large mammals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has revealed that their behavioral responses to ...

Borneo consistently makes the list of the world’s “biodiversity hotspots” – areas full of a wide variety of forms of life found nowhere else, but which are also under threat. To better understand the ...

The plight of polar bears and walruses, big and charismatic animals struggling with rapid changes to the far-north climate, is well known. Less publicized are the effects of a warming climate on many ...