Loch Ness monster might actually exist

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 13:54

This large mammal was most recently sighted in Pennsylvania in 2007, but a park-keeper dismissed it as a ‘bear with a severe case of mange’.

Has Earth`s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

Last Updated: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 16:38

Biologists estimate that within the past 500 mn years, at least 80 mammal species have gone extinct.

Dinosaurs` exit paved way for mammals to grow

Last Updated: Friday, November 26, 2010, 18:35

Extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago paved the way for mammals to grow a thousand times bigger than they had been.

A fifth of world`s life at extinction risk

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 09:36

A fifth of world`s mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fishes are in imminent danger of going extinct.

Whales closer to us than thought, say scientists

Last Updated: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 18:31

Marine mammals are smarter than thought and share several attributes of humans, scientists say.

Is another mass extinction of mammals on the way?

Last Updated: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 17:23

Thanks to global warming and ecological degradation, the 6th mass extinction is already on way, equal to the "big five" that occurred over the past 450mn years.

One in six Mediterranean mammals face extinction

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 11:00

One in six Mediterranean mammals is threatened with extinction at the regional level, mainly due to the destruction of their habitat from urbanization, agriculture and climate change, nature body IUCN said Tuesday in a new study.