Not much hair, just a few bristles, but it’s still there. Some mammals are small and live near you. Like dogs and cats who have soft hair or fur. And hamsters, hedgehogs and rats and even bats.

Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of tunnels and chambers marked by many mounds of packed earth at their surface entrances. Burrows have defined nurseries, sleeping ...

When hairy mammals feel something on their back, they’ll pull out the “wet dog shakes”. If you’ve ever been within the splash zone of a dog just getting out of the pool, you’ll likely ...