The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially.

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The ...

Paleontologists from UChicago use CT scanning and software simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor ...

Fossil skulls reveal how extinct mammals smelled the world, with new research linking olfactory bulb size to gene counts.

The extinct rhinoceros, described in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, is the northernmost rhino known to have ever ...

The findings suggest that sea cows have been engineering ecosystems in the Persian Gulf for tens of millions of years ...

A study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found ...

Sharks of every size, shape and lifestyle apparentlt all follow the same fundamental geometric rule. So, what else in nature ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid species began to diversify millions of years earlier than previously thought, starting with evolutionary changes in its bite.

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...