One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The ...

Paleontologists from UChicago use CT scanning and software simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor ...

Reports of a dolphin with thumb-like digits in its flippers have sparked public curiosity about how far mammal anatomy can stretch and what that might reveal about evolution. I cannot verify the ...

Mammals, including humans, stand out with their distinctively upright posture, a key trait that fueled their spectacular evolutionary success. Yet, the earliest known ancestors of modern mammals more ...

Practical anatomy of the rabbit : an elementary laboratory text book in mammalian anatomy / by B.A. Besley Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

Paleontologists have identified the earliest known mammal – a small shrew-like animal that lived about 225 million years ago. The species, known as Brasilodon, had previously been categorized ...

Fluorescent anatomy, which recently seemed to be a quirk in unusual animals such as platypuses and opossums, was found in most living families of mammals. By Cara Giaimo At first, it seemed to be ...

Researchers reveal new insights into the complex evolutionary history behind the distinctive upright posture of modern placental and marsupial mammals, showing the transition was surprisingly complex ...