March Mammal Madness
The official location for March Mammal Madness tournament information and resources! If you're learning, you're winning!
Stoats
Chart by Charon Henning.
- Stoatally Awesome ConverterGet your #stoatistics here! Created by Marc Kissel
Busted Bracketeers
Sometimes our pick for Champion meets an unfortunate early exit from the tournament. Upsets happen, and they are called upsets not because people respond to them with cordial equanimity. BUT in 2025, in collaboration with MMM graphic design guru, Prof. Will Nickley, we present the Busted Bracketeers Bracket! While you can’t update any digital bracket submissions, you CAN enter a new busted bracketeer bracket at Pools by Round OR print out this bracket and starting with the Sweet Sixteen, pick a new champion to cheer & keep following the MMM action through to the end! Rally your fellow friends with busted brackets to form your own local club!
- 2025MMM Busted Bracketeer BracketPrint out this bracket starting with the Sweet Sixteen, pick a new champion to cheer & keep following the MMM action through to the end!
2025MMM Bracket
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BRACKET & BRACKET GUIDEThis Tournament Guide provides key info about how to play March Mammal Madness with specific details for 2025
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Link to ALL Brackets without the GuideCommon Name Brackets in English
Common Name Brackets in Spanish
Latin Binomial Bracket
Screen-Reader Bracket
JUMBO brackets that print on 5 pages in English & Spanish
Brackets Brackets Brackets
Research the Combatants
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Animal Diversity WebAnimal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan.
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Oxford University Press Special Issue CollectionThe Journal of Mammalogy and Mammalian Species are once again pleased to participate in March Mammal Madness (MMM) with the addition of other related Oxford University Press published journals, including American Entomologist, Annals of Botany, Behavioral Ecology, BioScience, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Journal of Molluscan Studies, Mutagenesis, Ornithology, and Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
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IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesIncludes details profiles of species, as well as links to other information sources.
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Map of Life (MOL)The Map of Life assembles and integrates different sources of data describing species distributions worldwide.
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Encyclopedia of LifeProvides knowledge of the many life-forms on Earth - of animals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria.
Illustration & Image Resources
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PhyloPicFree silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under a Public Domain or Creative Commons license.
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Wikimedia CommonsDatabase of freely usable media files.
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eMammalMammal is a tool for collecting, archiving, and sharing camera trapping images and datahouses the largest database of mammal detections in the world and includes open access favorite photos and data. Official participants in #2018MMM!
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Biodiversity Heritage LibraryThe BHL portal provides free access to hundreds of thousands of volumes, comprising over 57 million pages, from the 15th-21st centuries. In addition to public domain content, BHL works with rights holders to obtain permission to make in-copyright materials openly available under Creative Commons licenses.
SPOTLIGHT Wild Animal Research
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Kluane Red Squirrel ProjectThe Kluane Red Squirrel Project is an interdisciplinary, large-scale field experiment designed to test the importance of food abundance to the ecology and evolution of red squirrels.
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Weasel Wanted ProjectThis project provides information on weasels and their changing habitat in Switzerland.
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Center for Whale ResearchSince 1976 the Center for Whale Research (CWR) has been the leading organization studying the Southern Resident killer whales in their critical habitat: the Salish Sea. Additionally, the Center for Whale Research has been under contract to National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to conduct the Orca Survey project.
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Kalahari Meerkat ProjectHighlighted in #2017MMM, this project focusing on meerkats is operated by the Kalahari Research Centre.
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Yellowstone Ecological Research CenterLearn about the vast Yellowstone ecosystem through field notes and stories.
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North American Bat Monitoring ProgramThis collaborative bat monitoring program is made up of an extensive community of partners across the continent who use standardized protocols to gather data that allow us to assess population status and trends, inform responses to stressors, and sustain viable populations.
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St. Kilda Soay Sheep ProjectResearch about Soay sheep, their ecology and their seasonal patterns.
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Amboseli Baboon ProjectThe Amboseli Baboon Project is one of the longest-running studies of wild primates in the world. Focused on the savannah baboon, Papio cynocephalus, ABRP is located in the Amboseli ecosystem of East Africa, north of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Mara Hyena ProjectProfessor Holekamp's behavioral ecology and evolution research on hyenas
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Ngorogoro Hyena ProjectWebsite curated by an international team of behavioural biologists based at the Leibniz-IZW in Berlin (Germany) who have been studying spotted hyenas in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania for 26 years.
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Ngogo Chimpanzee ProjectThe Ngogo Chimpanzee Project Inc.’s mission is to conduct scientific research and maintain the long-term study of the Ngogo community of chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda, to conserve animal populations throughout the park, and to support the education of local people of all ages.
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29 Mammals ProjectBroad institute research on mammals with the goal of creating low-coverage genome assemblies and aligning the resulting sequence to the human genome to permit comparative genomic analysis.
More Animal Info Resources
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How Stuff Works - AnimalsFun facts about animals and more.
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Nature on PBSLearn more about your favorite animals.
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WoRMs: World Register of Marine SpeciesThe aim of a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on synonymy. While the highest priority goes to valid names, other names in use are included so that this register can serve as a guide to interpret taxonomic literature. Also includes an excellent photogallery
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Extreme ScienceA place online to find the biggest, baddest, and the best in the world of extremes and learn about the science behind what makes each the most extreme example of its kind.
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NPSpeciesInformation on which species are found in the U.S. National Parks
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Primate FactsheetsFactsheets providing a starting point to learn information about primate species, developed by the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center.
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Atlas of Living AustraliaThe ALA is Australia’s national biodiversity database. Founded on the principle of data sharing – collect it once, share it, use it many times – the ALA provides free, online access to millions of occurrence records to form the most comprehensive and accessible data set on Australia’s biodiversity ever produced
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Mammals of TanzaniaThis site is designed to both introduce the interested novice to the mammals of Tanzania, and serve as an aid to biologists focused on the study and conservation of these special mammals
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Infrared Zoo GalleryInfrared light shows us the heat radiated by the world around us. By viewing animals with a thermal infrared camera, we can actually "see" the differences between warm and cold-blooded animals. A tour of the site gives you a new perspective on feathers, fur and blubber.
More Science Resources
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Ask A BiologistThis site has a large collection of biology learning materials that includes stories, games, activities, videos, and a podcast.
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Ask An AnthropologistThis site has an abundance of anthropology educational resources, games, and content.
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Strange ScienceThis site is NSF KidSites.com approved. It includes an eclectic collection of old illustrations and information about the history of paleontology and biology.
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BioInteractiveSearch award-winning multimedia apps, animations, videos, and more to bring scientific discovery into the classroom.
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PLOSable BiologyAsk A Biologist is intended to serve grades preK-12, and to be available as a resource for teachers and parents. Topics include animals, biomes, birds, and plants.
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National Science Digital LibraryThe National Science Digital Library provides high quality online educational resources for teaching and learning.
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Biodiversity Knowledge Integration CenterThis website provides access to our diverse resources and activities including BioKIC's natural history collections.
More Scholarly Resources
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Smithsonian Open Access CollectionWelcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
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Paleobiology DatabaseExplore the Paleobiology Database through space, time, and taxonomy.
2025MMM Calendar & Multimedia
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Inside the MMM TournamentVideo with a behind the scenes explanation about how winners are determined and the battle play-by-plays crafted.
Other Animal Games We Love!
- METAZOAThe animal kingdom (Metazoa, in Greek) is full of our distant relatives... some more distant than others! Metazooa is a game that tests how well you know our extended family tree.
- ANIMORDLEWordle for Animals for the month of March! Animordle was created by friends of the MMM tournament JT Miller of St. Albans School and Sean Nolan of the Landon School.