In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

Discussion with author Steve Brusatte about his book: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals.

Scientists have used gene editing to produce artificial electrical synapses in mice, where they can be targeted to make the ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that mammals began adapting to terrestrial lifestyles millions of ...

Scientists have discovered two new feathered dinosaur species in northeastern China hidden in 125-million-year-old fossils. The find sheds more light on the diversity of two-legged theropod dinosaurs ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists wish to ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.