During the dry season, evaporating water leaves behind trona crystals, which grow on the lakebed of Lake Magadi, the southernmost lake in the Kenyan Rift…
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The African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana, survived the Quaternary extinction. Mammals with larger brains than similar-sized related species were more likely to have survived extinction during…
Elephant shew. Research suggests where these species may be “hidden.” At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around…
Diegoalerus with fossil. Credit: San Diego Natural History Museum Paleontologists describe sabre-toothed mammal new to science, offering view into evolution of meat-eaters. The fossil, housed…
Map showing Balkanatolia 40 million years ago and at the present day. Balkanatolia is a forgotten low-lying continent wedged between Europe, Africa, and Asia, already…
An American robin eats a winterberry. Small birds like robins typically disperse seeds over relatively short distances. Credit: Photo by Paul Vitucci Animal-dispersed plants’ ability…
The devil’s in the detail (the chemical details, that is). I know what you did last summer: chemical clues in the marsupial’s whiskers can reveal…
Mammal tree of life. Credit: Mario dos Reis Barros and Sandra Alvarez-Carretero A new study, published on December 22, 2021, in the journal Nature, has…
Carlo Maley is a researcher with the Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society at Arizona State University. Maley is also researcher with the Biodesign…
Common Origin: Venoms in Snakes and Salivary Protein in Mammals Evolved From the Same Ancestral Gene
Common Origin: Venoms in Snakes and Salivary Protein in Mammals Evolved From the Same Ancestral Gene
A new study has found that a class of toxins found in snake and mammalian venom evolved from the same ancestral gene. A new study…
Associate Professor Bryan Fry faces off with a cobra at The University of Queensland. Credit: The University of Queensland The last common ancestor of chimps,…
Baby seals can change their tone of voice. Credit: John O’ Connor Hoover the seal was initially kept in a family home and could imitate…
Fossil Dental Exams Reveal How Tusks Evolved – Originated in “Very Weird Animals” Called Dicynodonts
Fossil Dental Exams Reveal How Tusks Evolved – Originated in “Very Weird Animals” Called Dicynodonts
Life reconstruction of the dicynodont Dicynodon. Aside from the tusks in the upper jaw, most dicynodonts possessed a turtle-like beak that they used to chew…
Reconstruction of the South American giant ground sloth Mylodon darwinii feeding on the carcass of the hoofed native herbivore Macrauchenia. These extinct mammals roamed the…
A pocket gopher emerging from burrow. Researcher discovers that the underground species has a secret glow. You can learn a lot about animals by simply…
The dispersal of the Vishnuonyx otters from the Indian subcontinent to Africa and Europe about 13 million years ago. The star (HAM 4) shows the…
Left to right, Conacodon hettingeri, Miniconus jeanninae, Beornus honeyi. Credit: Banana Art Studio Research published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of Systematic Palaeontology describes the discovery of…
Early lineages of mammals, like this large Gobiconodon from Mongolia, outcompeted the ancestors of modern mammals in the time of dinosaurs. Credit: Art by Corbin…
Gorgonopsian were the first saber-toothed animals. Their canines extended up to 13 centimeters. Credit: CCA 3.0/Dmitry Dogdanov When most people think of ferocious, blade-like teeth…
Life reconstruction of Cambaytherium. Credit: Elaine Kasmer Published in the prestigious Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir Series, these landmark findings of over 350 fossils, will…