New research suggests that longer lifespans of mammals like cats could be linked to their bigger brains and more complex ...

Scientists have long wondered why some mammals live dramatically longer than others. While humans can reach ages beyond a ...

A complete Mixodectes pungens skeleton reveals it was a leaf-eating, tree-dwelling mammal closely related to primates and ...

As evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin points out, "In one sense, evolution didn't invent anything new with whales. It was just tinkering with land mammals. It's using the old to make the new." ...

Published in Palaeontology, this study offers fresh insights into mammalian evolution, providing evidence that the ecological shifts in the late Cretaceous period were crucial to the development ...

mammal-like hyoids in the Mesozoic mammal evolution. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 19 July issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by C.-F. Zhou at Shenyang Normal ...

Why do cats generally live longer than dogs? New research suggests that longer lifespans of mammals like cats could be linked to their bigger brains and more complex immune systems.