mammals

Warming Climate Is Driving Species Loss

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jul 29, 2018 British researchers study 481 species across the globe to find out how climate change and land-use change interact to affect mammals and birds. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Humans Weigh Heavily on the Earth, and Here Are the Numbers

Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 31, 2018 The mass of all the people on the planet is more or less 10 times the mass of all living wild mammals. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Whale Trashed

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Apr 8, 2014 Dig deeper

Mammals Shrank As the World Warmed

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Nov 4, 2013 One way some species of mammal adapted to a warmer world was to lose body size, new fossil evidence confirms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

One-Fourth of Mammals Face Extinction

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2008 According to a new report, roughly a quarter of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction. Deforestation, loss of habitat and hunting are to blame for declining mammal populations around the world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )