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What Is The Longest-Living Whale?Vintage style bowhead whale art illustration showing whalers attacking the whale on choppy seas.

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What Is The Longest-Living Whale?Vintage style bowhead whale art illustration showing whalers attacking the whale on choppy seas.
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The Longest-Living Whale Can Live For Over 200 Years

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Australian Mammals’ Black Light Glow Is Caused By Several Different MoleculesThe coppery brushtail possum glows in a mix of colors when exposed to UV light, but they also have non-luminescent molecules that complicate their shade.

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Australian Mammals’ Black Light Glow Is Caused By Several Different MoleculesThe coppery brushtail possum glows in a mix of colors when exposed to UV light, but they also have non-luminescent molecules that complicate their shade.
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Australian Mammals’ Black Light Glow Is Caused By Several Different Molecules

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Do Cats Have Belly Buttons?fat brown tabby cat on the sofa

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Do Cats Have Belly Buttons?fat brown tabby cat on the sofa
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Do Cats Have Belly Buttons?

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When Did Mammals First Appear On Earth?Tiger is a mammal

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When Did Mammals First Appear On Earth?Tiger is a mammal
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Mammals Lived Alongside Ancient Dinosaurs 225 Million Years Ago

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Bite Mechanics Could Help Reveal If Rumors Of Rat-Kangaroo’s Death Are ExaggeratedIf the desert rat-kangaroo survived beyond the 1930s, analysis of its bite force could help us save it.

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Bite Mechanics Could Help Reveal If Rumors Of Rat-Kangaroo’s Death Are ExaggeratedIf the desert rat-kangaroo survived beyond the 1930s, analysis of its bite force could help us save it.
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Bite Mechanics Could Help Reveal If Rumors Of Rat-Kangaroo’s Death Are Exaggerated

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Why Don't Modern Land Mammals Ever Evolve To Be As Huge As Dinosaurs?A tropic landscape of long-necked dinosaurs, with a modern dog photoshopped into the forefront.

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Why Don't Modern Land Mammals Ever Evolve To Be As Huge As Dinosaurs?A tropic landscape of long-necked dinosaurs, with a modern dog photoshopped into the forefront.
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Why Don't Modern Land Mammals Ever Evolve To Be As Huge As Dinosaurs?

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Before Lions And Wolves, Bastetodon Was The Apex Predator Early Monkeys FearedArtist's impression of Bastetodon syrtos, the newly discovered species of hyaenodont that was probably an apex predator 30-million-years-ago.

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Before Lions And Wolves, Bastetodon Was The Apex Predator Early Monkeys FearedArtist's impression of Bastetodon syrtos, the newly discovered species of hyaenodont that was probably an apex predator 30-million-years-ago.
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Before Lions And Wolves, Bastetodon Was The Apex Predator Early Monkeys Feared

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As Shrew Like It: Elusive Californian Mammal Photographed For First TimeSmall grey and white shrew with long pointed nose and whiskers looking up

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As Shrew Like It: Elusive Californian Mammal Photographed For First TimeSmall grey and white shrew with long pointed nose and whiskers looking up
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As Shrew Like It: Elusive Californian Mammal Photographed For First Time

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Watch Blood-Fuelled Vampire Bats Running On A Tiny Treadmill For ScienceVampire bat on a treadmill with a black and white striped pattern behind. The bat is on all fours with a small silver tag on its foreleg. It has a cute expression.

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Watch Blood-Fuelled Vampire Bats Running On A Tiny Treadmill For ScienceVampire bat on a treadmill with a black and white striped pattern behind. The bat is on all fours with a small silver tag on its foreleg. It has a cute expression.
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Watch Blood-Fuelled Vampire Bats Running On A Tiny Treadmill For Science

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75-Million-Year-Old "Swamp Dweller" Among Largest Late Cretaceous Mammals Ever Founda muskrat-sized mammal on a log in a swamp in late cretaceous era

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75-Million-Year-Old "Swamp Dweller" Among Largest Late Cretaceous Mammals Ever Founda muskrat-sized mammal on a log in a swamp in late cretaceous era
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75-Million-Year-Old "Swamp Dweller" Among Largest Late Cretaceous Mammals Ever Found

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Why Can Humans Hold Our Breath For Longer When Underwater?A man diving into water.

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Why Can Humans Hold Our Breath For Longer When Underwater?A man diving into water.
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Why Can Humans Hold Our Breath For Longer When Underwater?

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Bear Vs Lions Vs Wolves: Which Land Mammal Is The Most Ferocious Predator?A furious lion predator in pursuit of a warthog from a steep mountain in a dusty spray of small stone fragments, in Africa.

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Bear Vs Lions Vs Wolves: Which Land Mammal Is The Most Ferocious Predator?A furious lion predator in pursuit of a warthog from a steep mountain in a dusty spray of small stone fragments, in Africa.
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Bear Vs Lions Vs Wolves: Which Land Mammal Is The Most Ferocious Predator?

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Kinkajou – A Rainforest Mammal – Rescued From Highway In WashingtonA kinkajou sitting on a branch, looking at the camera

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Kinkajou – A Rainforest Mammal – Rescued From Highway In WashingtonA kinkajou sitting on a branch, looking at the camera
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Kinkajou – A Rainforest Mammal – Rescued From Highway In Washington

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Mathematical Model Explains Why Male Mammals Do Not Breastfeed Their YoungA lemur is sitting on a tree stump with her infant cradled to her breast. The female lemur is directly facing the camera and she is hanging her feet off the log. There is some vegetation to the left of the stump and a fence in the background.

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Mathematical Model Explains Why Male Mammals Do Not Breastfeed Their YoungA lemur is sitting on a tree stump with her infant cradled to her breast. The female lemur is directly facing the camera and she is hanging her feet off the log. There is some vegetation to the left of the stump and a fence in the background.
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Mathematical Model Explains Why Male Mammals Do Not Breastfeed Their Young

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Turns Out Texas’ State Small Mammal Is Actually 4 Different SpeciesNine-banded armadillo sitting on a log

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Turns Out Texas’ State Small Mammal Is Actually 4 Different SpeciesNine-banded armadillo sitting on a log
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Turns Out Texas’ State Small Mammal Is Actually 4 Different Species

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