Climate shift may have sparked warm-blooded evolution in dinosaurs 180 million years ago

Warming climate could have prompted ecological changes, leading some species to develop a faster metabolism — a trait shared by modern day …

Africa is full of bats, but their fossils are scarce — why these rare records matter

Scarcity of bat fossils has implications for bat conservation strategies today

It’s a myth that male animals are usually larger than females — new study

Male-biased size dimorphism was found in only 28% of 429 mammal species examined

Ants in their pants

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Chemical battles

Speed is the key

Different strokes

Recent work in the field of differentiation puts forth new facts about DIF, a morphogen

Where's mama?

‘Climate change studies don’t show complete picture of impact on mammals’

Lack of funds and logistical challenges could be the reasons behind this knowledge gap

Origin of child birth

Junk DNA, the precursor of modern mammalian pregnancy

PERU

Mysterious mammal

No to stress

New light on evolution

An ancient jawbone may change our understanding of mammals

Timid genes

Hippo fossil trail

China

Tiny trouble-maker

Cloned to cure

Asian origins

Free-ranging domestic cats eat 2,084 species globally & are pushing some to extinction

Researchers use a method called ‘observed predation’ to learn what free-ranging cats prey upon using the application of camera traps …

UNITED NATIONS

Altering genes - Squirrels respond to global warming

GABON