Mammals

Fascinating facts about our warm blooded friends - the mammals.

A portrait of Jonathan and Angela Scott. © Animal Planet

The big cats of the Maasai Mara are back

© Jim Lennon

Wildlife Champion

Presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff explains why she loves grey seals.

Hedgehog rescue Colwyn Bay

RSPCA saves hedgehog stuck in storm drain

Mistlethrush at Carding Mill Valley © Andrew Fusek Peters

Upland: Shropshire’s Long Mynd and the Stiperstones

Chaeropus yirratji, a newly discovered species of pig-footed bandicoot. © Peter Schouten/WA Museum

New species of extinct Australian mammal

Scientists uncovering the fossils 30+ years ago in Grand Cayman Cave, with Gary Morgan and Dr Greg McDonald © NMMNH

Fossilised bones reveal three new extinct mammals

Cat

Cats of the world photo gallery

Captive breeding has its challenges because many pandas are not inclined to mate in captivity and there is a short window of opportunity for successful breeding (females only have a single oestrus cycle once a year). © Suzi Eszterhas

Panda photo gallery by Suzi Eszterhas

Michael Morpurgo

Wildlife Champion

Writer Michael Morpurgo on why orangutans are special

Arizona Ocelot1

Video of rare and elusive ocelot in Arizona

Barbary macaques. © Getty

Reducing dog attacks on Barbary macaques

Ring-tailed lemurs. © Getty

The effect of viral videos on endangered lemurs

European brown hare © Chris Upson/Getty

First confirmed cases of rabbit virus found in UK hares

Short-beaked common dolphins photographed off Gerrans Bay, Cornwall, in August 2018. © Rupert Kirkwood

Record number of whale and dolphin sightings in 2018