Sixty-five million years of history meets cutting-edge interactive technology in the exhibit “Age of Mammals,” opening Sunday at the Natural History Museum. The new permanent exhibit, housed in the ...

From reptile-like ancestors to humans, the new book The Rise and Reign of the Mammals tackles the diversity of mammals like us. The following is an excerpt from The Rise and Reign of Mammals: A New ...

A fossil mammal tooth smaller than a grain of rice does not announce itself loudly. It must be hard won from sediment and ...

Fossils of the first winged mammals dating back 160 million years to the age of the dinosaurs have been discovered. The remains, from the Jurassic period, suggest a new way of life - gliding - for the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will open its newly ...

For over a century, scientists have been captivated by the mystery of how mammals evolved from sprawling creatures resembling lizards to the graceful, upright walkers we see today. This fundamental ...

ANYONE writing about mammals faces a key challenge: not making it about us. Humans are mammals of course, and it is easy to present the tale of mammalian evolution as inexorably leading to our arrival ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no doubt scientists had a lot of luck on their side in discovering a critter from the age of dinosaurs that rewrites our understanding of the history of early mammals.

New research suggests that land-based echidnas descended from semi-aquatic mammals. Gunjan Pandey CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Between backward-facing-feet, nipple-less milk secretion and ...

A THOROUGHLY up-to-date and scientific account of the mammals of the British Isles, written in such a style that it may be acceptable to the field-naturalist as well as to the specialist, has long ...