mammal
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Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service deployed a crew on a boat, which marine mammal medics used to cut the dolphin free, before assessing its condition.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
We can honor the legacy of our national mammal by supporting the ranchers and markets bringing it back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The researchers were also able to place the new species within the mammal family tree using MorphoBank, a comprehensive research platform for studying mammalian evolutionary relationships.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
What’s clear, according to scientists, is that it was a massive mammal that inhabited what is now Oceanside around 40 million years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
I hadn’t cared if I never saw that grinning mammal again.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Northern Africa and the Middle East therefore occupied a potentially crucial position in the movement and evolution of ancient mammals, including apes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Stumpf said the aquatic mammals were tracked throughout the day and first spotted by boats off the coast of Newport Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Dozens of major groups of mammals and reptiles made this remarkable evolutionary reversal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Melissa Matlow, a spokeswoman for World Animal Protection Canada, says that worldwide there are about 3,600 captive cetaceans – a group of marine mammals which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Five thousand years after llamas had been domesticated in the Andes, the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, and all other native societies of Mexico remained without pack animals and without any edible domestic mammals except for dogs.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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