New University of Maryland research suggests that dinosaur parenting strategies helped transform the Mesozoic world, as “latchkey kid dinosaurs” spread into ecological niches their parents left ...

For mammals, one secret to a long life may be spending it living with friends and family. An analysis of the life spans and social lives of nearly 1,000 mammal species shows that species that live in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you were to travel more than 120 million years back in time to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of paleontologists combing through Scotland’s fossil-rich ...

Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths to which some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar—a ...

Placental mammals have a placenta, an organ that develops during gestation and bridges mother and fetus. The placenta provides nutrients to the fetus to develop in the womb, protecting the baby from ...

The shift from lizard-like sprawl to upright walking in mammals wasn’t a smooth climb up the evolutionary ladder. Instead, it was a messy saga full of unexpected detours. Using new bone-mapping tech, ...

Mammals only have one life to live, but the length of that life varies greatly. While some shrews shuffle off this mortal coil in less than 14 months, bowhead whales can swim in Arctic waters for more ...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Genomics and Evolution, The University of Melbourne Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land on the next tree. Many groups of mammals seem to have taken this ...

Kenny Travouillon received funding from the Australian Biological Resources Study and is an adjunct at Curtin University. Christine Elizabeth Cooper receives funding from the Australian Research ...