Mammals
Fascinating facts about our warm blooded friends - the mammals.

What’s the difference between hair and fur?

One of our favourite questions, and the answer might surprise you!
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Can hippos breathe underwater?

How exactly have these notoriously aggessive animals evolved to function under the water?
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Unicorns of the sea: Why do narwhals have tusks?

What is the narwhal's tusk? How long can it grow? What's it used for? Read on to find out the answers.
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Just like that, ‘plonk’, I had an exhausted and soaking wet adult badger on my lap

In the aftermath of floods in Upton-on-Severn, a valiant badger rescue mission unfolds. Louise McGowan from Nature England reports on this heart-warming tale.
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Raccoons were introduced to Nazi Germany in the 1930s – and have been causing mayhem ever since

The common raccoon has made itself at home in Germany, but attitudes towards these ‘masked bandits’ are polarised, says Katharina Vlaanderen
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"They told me they executed the largest ivory bust in Indian history". Poacher director on the compelling new crime series

Award-winning filmmaker, writer and director Richie Mehta discusses what inspired him to create the new wildlife crime drama, Poacher.
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"It's cold-blooded murder": The real-life story behind Poacher, Amazon's blockbuster wildlife crime drama

Poacher is a dramatisation of the largest ever elephant poaching case in India. Graeme Green speaks to Jose Louies, Chief of Enforcement during the investigation, and a host of other experts to find out more about the events that took place, the new crime series and the state of the Asian ivory trade today.
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Scientists may be about to save the world's rarest rhino. Here's what they're doing

A ground-breaking procedure involving the world's first IVF rhino pregnancy could save the northern white rhino from extinction.
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Skywalker hoolock gibbon: where they live, their incredible song and the story behind their 'Star Wars' name  

Where does the endangered Skywalker hoolock gibbon get its unusual name? Why do they sing? And what do they eat? Learn all about this endangered ape with our expert guide.
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Rare ape named after Star Wars hero discovered in Myanmar jungle

First identified in China in 2017 by a group of Star Wars-loving scientists, Skywalker gibbons have now been confirmed in Myanmar.
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Pet monkeys get welfare lifeline under new English rules

New licensing will restrict keeping of primates as pets in England within the next two years.
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Almost mythical and incredibly cute pink fairy armadillo even stranger than first thought, say scientists

The extremely rare desert-dwelling armadillo, endemic to central Argentina, looks a bit like a shrimp with claws and spends most of its life underground. Now, new research has revealed that the mammal has 'entirely unique' double skin too...
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I spent 15 days trekking the high peaks of the Himalayas in search of a legendary bear. This is what I saw

Concealed among India’s high peaks is a rare and secretive creature: the Himalayan brown bear. Puskar Basu embarks on a quest to track down this little-known and much maligned mammal
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Leopard guide: where they live, what they eat - and why they don't have spots

Learn all about leopards, including where they live, what they eat. hoe they hunt and the different sub species in this expert guide from the African Wildlife Foundation
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Mission manatee: how a spring clean in the Gulf of Mexico is creating an oasis for Florida's sea cows

Manatee habitat was threatened in Florida but is being restored, one blade of grass at a time.
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When India's grumpiest cat moved into a house in the Himalayas, the family who lived there moved out

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.
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How scientists in Montana are tracking two of the most elusive carnivores in the US: lynx and wolverine

Canada lynx and wolverines are secretive creatures, but dedicated scientists in Montana are tracking them to inform conservation. Documentary photographer and videographer Rob G Green reports...
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Giant anteater seen in southern Brazil for the first time in more than 100 years

A giant anteater has been spotted in the south-west of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil more than a century after going locally extinct. Scientists believe the species dispersed from a growing population reintroduced by Rewilding Argentina in Iberá.
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Why do proboscis monkeys have such big noses?

Why do proboscis monkeys have such noses? Is there a reason behind their enormous size? We take a look
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Are any animals bulletproof?

There are some animals, says Ellen Husain, that seem to be able to deflect bullets...
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