mammals

Beavers arrive for spring release

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 6:06pm

Four Norwegian beaver families arrive in the UK as part of an historic plan to reintroduce the mammals to Scotland.



 

Mammals facing extinction threat

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Mon, 10/06/2008 - 7:03am

About 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a global assessment.



 

Beaked whales - into the abyss

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Mon, 09/29/2008 - 5:54am

Scientists believe that beaked whales are one of the least understood groups of mammals on Earth.



 

Platypus genetic code unravelled

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Wed, 05/07/2008 - 12:06pm

The genetic blueprint of one of the world's strangest mammals - the duck-billed platypus - is deciphered.



 

Fossil finds are rabbit forebears

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Fri, 02/22/2008 - 12:53pm

Scientists find the fossilised remains of mammals that were related to present-day rabbits and hares.