The fascinating world of miniature mammals Mammals, characterized by their ability to nurse their young and regulate body ...

A new analysis of this 400,000-year-old skull fills in missing branches on the elephant evolutionary tree.

Paleontologists have uncovered a previously unknown prehistoric mammal species ... During the Mesozoic, mammals were generally small-bodied, with the majority comparable in size to shrews, rats ...

In "Prehistoric World: Over 1,200 Incredible Mammals and Discoveries from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic," readers will learn about the warm-blooded animals that rose to prominence once the dinosaurs ...

Alligators are cold-blooded reptiles that live mainly in wetland areas. With large jaws, sharp claws, and scaly skin, ...

Corey Bradshaw of Flinders University, Australia, led the research which challenges previous assumptions that a small prehistoric human population couldn't have caused such rapid extinctions.

The giant fossil skull of an extinct elephant, discovered in northern India’s Kashmir Valley in 2000, sheds light on a poorly ...

Scientists have just resolved the mystery of the extinction of dwarf elephants and dwarf hippos on Cyprus 14,000 years ago.

As XEC, the latest COVID variant takes hold, we are watching viral evolution play out on a time scale short enough to follow, ...

The story of our ancestors' diet is a fascinating tale of how environment and surroundings informed the food that was eaten ...

It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan melvillei, a large predatory whale from the Miocene epoch. After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals.

After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A new book brings readers into this world with well-researched ...