Discover the wacky and wonderful creatures that are part of our own family history. Author Steve Brusatte shares fascinating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Arctic was not simply a cold edge of the Cretaceous world, but a place where mammals adapted, diversified, migrated and ...

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 ...

Australia has the most diverse collections of living mammals in the world. No other continent has the egg-laying monotremes and the pouched marsupials living side by side with placental mammals.

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 ...