If textbooks ever made you believe mammals like humans, cats, and kangaroos first evolved somewhere up north, think again. A remarkable discovery from Australia has flipped our understanding of mammal ...

An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of all mammals. The reconstructed ancestral genome could help in understanding the evolution of mammals ...

All modern mammals, however, have a single common ancestor, according to genetics researchers, and while little is known about this animal, an international team of researchers has now computationally ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a thorough examination of the pigment-producing cells present in living mammals, ...

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If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A new study is shedding light on a possible upcoming global warming extinction event that ...

Flying squirrels, sugar gliders and bats haven’t had a common ancestor in 160 million years, but they form their wing flaps using some of the same genetic ingredients. That’s the intriguing finding ...

As adults, bats—the only mammals in the world capable of bona fide flight—are all about their wings. The trademark appendages can span up to 66 inches; they help bats snag insects, climb trees, ...

With all due respect to John Lennon, whose most famous lyric makes a cameo in the British black-comedy-drama series “Mammals,” love isn’t all you need. People in loving partnerships screw around all ...

(The Conversation) – Have you ever wondered exactly how many ants live on Earth? Possibly not, but it’s certainly a question we’ve asked ourselves. Our research published today provides an approximate ...

Every modern mammal, from a platypus to a blue whale, is descended from a common ancestor that lived about 180 million years ago. We don’t know a great deal about this animal, but the organization of ...