A new study reveals that the transition in mammals from sprawling to more upright limb postures occurred later than ...

Credit: Peter Bishop/Museum of Comparative Zoology, © President and Fellows of Harvard College Mammals, including humans, are ...

But until recently, one animal was missing: Chicago’s own official mammal, the little brown bat. UWI has been making up for lost time, and last week Assistant Director Liza Lehrer shared an update on ...

A new study predicts a grim future for humanity as Earth's continents drift towards forming a supercontinent. This will lead to extreme temperatures, reaching 40-50°C, making survival impossible ...

During the late Triassic, Reptile-like animals in the family Procolophonidae lived in one region, while mammal relatives, known as cynodonts, lived in another, a 2011 study in the journal ...

A recent study highlights that over one-third of Vietnam's 329 mammal species are threatened with extinction. A recent study highlights that over one-third of Vietnam's 329 mammal species are ...

23, 2024 — Scientists have directly measured the behavioral responses of some of the most common marine mammals to military sonar. And the finding that surprised them most was that these animals ...

Two incredibly rare fossils found on Scotland's Isle of Skye are rewriting our understanding of how mammals evolved. While modern small mammals live as little as a year, one of the first to roam ...

The world's rarest sea mammal still has a chance of survival, despite numbering only about 10 in the wild, according to a genetic study. The vaquita porpoise is teetering on the brink of ...