mammal
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The marine mammal, which had become trapped in netting, was filmed swimming in the River Orwell in Ipswich as crowds gathered to catch a glimpse.
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
However, regular dog eating has been a last resort of meat-deprived human societies: the Aztecs had no other domestic mammal, and the Polynesians and ancient Chinese had only pigs and dogs.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Scalzi’s latest sees Mike Boyd return to Richland, Ohio, where the town’s major employer might be shutting down, and strange things are happening to mammals both two- and four-legged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
This enormous prehistoric animal was among the largest land mammals of the Pleistocene, the geological period that included the most recent ice ages.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 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
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
Hence Eurasia ended up with its 13 species of big domestic mammals and the Americas with just its one very local species.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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