An international team of scientists has documented 27 previously unknown species in a remote stretch of Peruvian rainforest, ...

Sir David Attenborough reveals how Mammals have conquered the Earth, uncovering the secrets to their success with their winning design, incredible adaptability, unrivalled intelligence, and unique ...

H5N1 has already killed seals and penguins across remote Antarctic islands, and a new study reveals the virus has now crossed into Australian territory, bringing it closer to populated coasts than ...

A study of fossil teeth from China shows early mammals got bigger before their diets became specialized after the ...

Many mammals thrive alone, which is a successful evolutionary survival strategy. Solitary life reduces competition for limited resources like food and shelter. Protecting territory is more valuable ...

Picture a mouse taking rapid, staccato sniffs of a crumb it's found while foraging for food. Now compare that with a human leaning in for a single, deep inhale to gauge whether a cantaloupe is ripe.

Researchers analyzed 200 fossil teeth from ancient mammals in China, revealing how they adapted and diversified after the ...

Paleontologists are trying to dispel a myth about what life was like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The false narrative has wormed its way into books, lectures and even scientific papers about this ...

Modern mammals are known for their big brains. But new analyses of mammal skulls from creatures that lived shortly after the dinosaur mass extinction show that those brains weren’t always a foregone ...

New discoveries about Mesozoic mammals challenge the classical picture of small, insect-hunting, vulnerable animals that lived in the Age of Dinosaurs. Learn what early mammals were really like and ...