An international collaboration between scientists and researchers has lead to the discovery of Earth's earliest known mammal — the 225 million-year-old Brasilodon quadrangularis. Using fossil tooth ...

Two brand-new species of early mammals from the Jurassic period have been discovered, revealing the secrets of how we got our ears. These new species are hoped to give paleontologists insight into how ...

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The debate has raged for decades: Was it humans or climate change that led to the extinction of many species of large mammals, birds, and reptiles that have disappeared from Earth over the past 50,000 ...

Despite a common narrative that male mammals tend to dwarf female ones, fewer than half of mammalian species display that pattern, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes Female elephant seals are not ...

Researchers have characterized changes in the structure of motor proteins, called myosins, and energy consumption that occur during hibernation, highlighting key differences in large and small ...

Mammals run hot. The ability to maintain an elevated, constant body temperature—known scientifically as endothermy and colloquially as warm-bloodedness—is a critical part of what has allowed these ...

The 42-million-year-old predator, with its cat-like appearance and elongated fangs, was a sign of things to come. Reading time 4 minutes Mammals with a nearly exclusive preference for meat are ...

Paleontologists have uncovered a previously unknown prehistoric mammal species that was among the largest of its time. The partial remains of the newly identified species were originally collected ...

HUE, November 10, 2015 - From 10 to 11 November 2015, the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and WWF’S Carbon and Biodiversity (CarBi) project will jointly host a workshop on ...