Mammals

Populations of Queensland koalas are rapidly declining – why are so many being euthanised?

Badger culling will end in England within five years, the Government says.

Conservationists have successfully fitted dugongs in Mozambique’s Bazaruto Archipelago National Park with satellite-tracking tags to provide crucial information to help protect the Critically Endangered marine mammals’ future.

Stuart Blackman takes a look at India's only ape, the western hoolock gibbon

Are giraffes prone to getting struck by lightening? Data is thin on the ground, says Stuart Blackman but there has been cases

We take a look at one of the strangest predatory mammals on the planet, the fossa

Handsome yet overlooked, the genet is one of the world's most mysterious carnivores. David Lindo takes a look at this mysterious cat-like creature

From tigers to tabbies, today’s cats come in many different shapes, sizes, and temperaments. Their ancestors were just as diverse, if not more so, says Will Newton. Here are our top 10 prehistoric cats…

The predator is a threat to two critically endangered species of bat on the Caribbean island.

Sweden has issued licences allowing hunters to take 486 brown bears this year out of a population estimated at just below 2,450.

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that humpback whales manipulate this unique tool in a variety of ways to catch huge volumes of prey in their Alaskan feeding grounds.

The species has declined by 80-85 per cent in the past three decades – the new technology could help the elephants and the wider climate crisis, say researchers.

Stuart Blackman looks at the science behind the uakari monkeys' red face

All you need to know about the beautiful snowy-white Arctic wolf

On the edge of a remote mountain slope in northern India, a secretive cat becomes part of village life. Wildlife photographer Puskar Basu heads into the Himalayan mountains to find it.

Chimpanzees in Gabon’s Loango National Park have been observed treating each others’ wounds using insects – a unique demonstration of potentially advanced cultural activity.

All you need to know about the critically endangered Indri lemur - including why it makes such haunting calls

Analysis of the piece of tooth, along with other mammoth samples, suggests these prehistoric giants roamed the Canadian island for much longer than was previously thought.

How and why do howler monkeys scream so loud? Ben Garrod investigates