The specialized teeth that enabled ancient, shrew-like creatures to flourish and gave rise to all modern mammals evolved independently in two animal groups living continents apart, researchers from ...

As fellow mammals, you and your pet dog or cat have a lot in common. It’s easy to see the similarities because humans, dogs and cats spend lots of time together. We may even be roommates or family.

A Erin Flynn, conservation education curator at Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wis.: Mammals such as giraffes, bears, humans and many more are vertebrate animals, meaning they have spines. They’re also ...

The Zoonomia Consortium has released genome data on 240 species of mammals. The new data sheds light on mammal evolution, genes related to human diseases, and exceptional mammal characteristics such ...

Points out that mammals, including the anteater and seal, have hair and nurse their young. Shows representative members of mammalian groups - carnivores, rodents, ungulates, marsupials and primates.

For most people, mere mention of the word Jurassic conjures up images of huge dinosaurs chomping their way through lush vegetation – and each other. However, mammals and their immediate ancestors were ...

A Erin Flynn, conservation education curator at Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wis.: Mammals such as giraffes, bears, humans and many more are vertebrate animals, meaning they have spines. They’re also ...

Q What is a mammal? — Austin Shiffler, preschool A Erin Flynn, conservation education curator at Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wis.: Mammals such as giraffes, bears, humans and many more are vertebrate ...