Shapes of beaks and snouts come in an extraordinary range of forms, reflecting adaptations to different lifestyles and ...

A new study, published in Ecology and Evolution, shows that social living is associated with longer lifespan, but also that ...

Mammal evolution has been flipped on its head, according to new research that suggests marsupials are the more evolved mammals. By estimating how the common ancestor of mammals reproduced and ...

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Seventy-three million years ago, in Alaska's dark and frozen landscape, a group of small, rodent-like creatures was quietly ...

The Zoonomia Consortium has released genome data on 240 species of mammals. The new data sheds light on mammal evolution, genes related to human diseases, and exceptional mammal characteristics such ...

When you think about a whale, you probably picture an enormous sea creature without legs. But what if I told you the first whale had four legs and could walk on land? I talked about whales and other ...

A new study compiles data on more than 3,000 species to show how climate and geologic changes across Asia over the last 66 million years have shaped the evolution of the continent's mammals. A new ...

Evolution of life histories : theory and patterns from mammals / Mark S. Boyce -- Geographic variation in life history traits of the Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) / Guy N. Cameron and Polley A ...

Human birth has a reputation for danger. The usual explanation is simple enough: walking upright narrowed the pelvis, while ...