mammals

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As adults, they use both flight and vision to search for a suitable host, most often deer, though they sometimes target humans and other mammals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

The mammals are: the bottlenose dolphin, the brown hare, the European hedgehog, the grey seal, the pine martin and the red fox.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

One surprising finding involved FGF21, a hormone previously believed to be central to protein appetite in mammals.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

That hypothesis suggests the mammals sometimes travel to feeding grounds in the Antarctic but then take a different journey home -- ending up in a completely new breeding area.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Once cows, horses, and other large mammals were domesticated, they were hitched to plows, and fields were tilled by animal power.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond