Likely, their universal dull, dark coloring helped these early mammals to better camouflage at night and stay warm. “We came from such humble beginnings,” he says.

This uniform fur coloring had evolutionary advantages and allowed mammals to avoid becoming prey to their more colorful neighbors. A Mesozoic Mammal Find Thanks to a comparative analysis of fossilized ...

Fossils have revealed that prehistoric mammals were the same color as modern species. For decades, scientists have debated whether microscopic holes in animal fossils were left behind by hungry ...

Skin coloring of rhesus macaque monkeys linked to breeding success, new study shows Date: September 24, 2014 Source: University of Exeter Summary: Skin color displayed amongst one species of ...