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Photos and details about the diversity of mammals.

Kids took the OLogy Challenge and shared their work with us!

How do mammals move? Make flipbooks to see six different mammals in action.

Bring six North American mammals to life with this coloring book.

Explore how mammals run, fly, swim, walk, hop, and swing!

Take a look at some unusual living and extinct mammals.

The largest mammal at the Museum is interviewed by the largest dinosaur
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Flashback to 80 million years ago in the Gobi Desert. Deltatheridium scurried among dinosaurs.

Explore mammal teeth with this matching game and coloring book.
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Although extinct today, this gopher-sized mammal thrived during the Mesozoic Era for about two million years.

How do mammals respond to cold water? Take the plunge into icy water and find out.
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The red kangaroo is an amazing mammal. With its powerful hind legs and long tail, it can leap up to 45 feet (13.5 m) in ...
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As a kid, John Flynn had a rock collection and made lots of trips with his family and school to the American Museum of N...
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Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. It means the opportunity to find lost things--from bones and teeth to pirate treasur...
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Many mammals run and walk. Some hop, swim, and even glide from trees.
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Unlike modern reptiles, pterosaurs weren't covered in scales. They were covered in fuzz! Pterosaurs kept warm with a thi...
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A dinosaur book led to this paleontologist's lifelong fascination with fossils.
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If you watched an American black bear lumbering through the forest, you might not notice anything unusual about how it m...
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With its furry coat, friendly face, and playful nature, the sea otter is perhaps one of the most endearing animals in th...
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Happy. Angry. Sad. Emotions, or feelings, tell you if something is important to you. They also tell you what your body n...
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The Asian elephant is one of the largest land mammals in the world. Some people believe that elephants feel joy and sadn...
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Earth was a very different place at the beginning of the Triassic. All of Earth's continents were combined into one supe...
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What do we have in common with sharks, bluebirds, lizards, and toads? We are all vertebrates, or animals with backbones....
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Animals swim, walk, crawl, slither, squirm, and even fly through the air. They can catch free rides by attaching themsel...
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Many famous dinosaurs, such as T. rex and Triceratops, first appeared in the Cretaceous Period.
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In 1997, Dolly rocked the world of genetics. Not baaaa'd for a little lamb from Scotland. What was the big deal? She was...
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In the 1920s, the first team of Museum paleontologists trekked to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
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Even though this whale of a whale weighs many tons, the humpback whale can make acrobatic leaps out of the water!
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Located in the Gobi Desert, this is a fossil "hot spot" for Museum paleontologists. 
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The Tibetan antelope, also known as "chiru," is one of the most beautiful mammals in the world.
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The frigid waters of the Arctic and the Antarctic may seem like hostile habitats. But a variety of marine life -- from a...
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The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth.
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Manatees were once mistaken for mermaids. In fact, manatees are part of a small group of marine mammals known as "Sireni...
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Most mammals that live on land use their legs to get around. But the white-handed gibbon relies mostly on its arms. Usin...
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Located off the coast of Georgia, St. Catherines is an island with white sandy beaches, a variety of wildlife, and dense...
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With their white bellies and dark backs, dolphins can be found jumping above the water, swimming alongside fishing ships...
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California sea lions are playful, intelligent, and fast—in and out of water. Their large flippers enable them to leap ou...
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Polar bears are the top predator of the icy Arctic. But these large, furry white mammals have to work hard for their foo...
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There are more than 250 kinds of vipers, a family of poisonous snakes. The largest of all is the gabon viper.
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For Steve Quinn, art and science have always gone hand-in-hand. As a kid, he liked to draw and make clay models of dinos...