This ‘NOVA’ presentation focuses on therapsids, lizard-like creatures with distinctly mammalian characteristics that lived on ...

Premieres Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. The surprising story of mammal evolution begins ...

An Alaskan congressman wants to open the floodgates on marine mammals in favor of fossil-fuel exploration.

Every year, gray whales embark on one of nature’s most epic migration journeys. Here’s what we know about it, according to biological research.

Since 2005, the global count of living mammal species has risen by 25%.

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

It's not uncommon for scientists to uncover new fossils from the ages of dinosaurs, but every now and then, a discovery reveals much rarer information. Scientists unearthed the fossil of the small and ...

The world's oldest known mammal has been identified using dental records – predating what scientists previously thought was the first mammal to walk the Earth by millions of years – according to new ...

The badly injured young seal who became the Marine Mammal Stranding Center's first patient of the season has died.

Which animal is the fastest aquatic mammal in the world? Discover why dolphins hold this title, along with their swimming ...