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Research has revealed how British otters may have been able to recover from species loss in the 1950s with the help of otters from Asia.
The new paper also found some mammals are suffering due to a lack of fire.
Climate change has an impact on small mammals and some battle to survive. But some others have developed intriguing coping mechanisms to survive.
Modern sabre-tooth mammals have their canines constantly on display. This allows them to seduce mates. But was sexual selection also an important phenomenon among our pre-mammalian ancestors?
African lions were initially thought to belong to a single subspecies but new research shows that there is more diversity on the African continent.
Accurately counting cheetah numbers is crucial to ensuring the survival of the species.
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