Mammals

Fascinating facts about our warm blooded friends - the mammals.

© RSPCA

Rescuers dig out fox in a hole

European beaver. © Alasdair Sargent/Getty

Beavers given protected status in Scotland

Harbour porpoise, Scotland. (c) Richard Shucksmith/Scotland: The Big Picture

Thousands of porpoises dying in the UK each year

Beaver in pond at Cropton Forest. © Sam Oakes/Forestry England

Beavers arrive in Yorkshire to manage floods

Stalking puma. © Sebastian Kennerknecht/Panthera.

Puma hunting policies in North America challenged

Bornean orangutans in Sabah.

Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology

Taxidermy fox. © RSPCA

Hiding fox too “stuffed” to move

Wild konik horses in Poland

Konik horses introduced to the Danube Delta

The Iberian ibex is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and lives in rocky habitats. © Ugo Mellone

Iberian ibex: the rock stars of Granada

MPOY Winner: Woodmouse shut that door. © Roy Rimmer/The Mammal Society

Winners of Mammal Photographer of the Year 2019

Hedgehog. © Dave Cooper/Hedgehog Street

Look out for Britain’s ‘Big Five’ this spring

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