A study of fossil teeth from China shows early mammals got bigger before their diets became specialized after the ...

Researchers analyzed 200 fossil teeth from ancient mammals in China, revealing how they adapted and diversified after the ...

After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A new book brings readers into this world with well-researched species profiles by Aaron Woodruff, collection manager for vertebrate ...

A team of paleontologists and natural science specialists from the U.K., the U.S. and France reports that ancient fossil evidence uncovered on Scotland's Isle of Skye suggests small mammals living ...

Recent discoveries have shown that brightly colored crests and eye-catching patterns adorned many dinosaurs. Meanwhile, our earliest mammalian ancestors survived these flamboyant predators by being as ...

Tooth fossils hint that size came before specialised feeding in early Asian mammals. The story of how mammals rose to ...

A sharp sense of hearing is a virtue for mammals, especially for those who must stay wary of predators. Mammalian hearing is believed to have developed quite early, but a new study suggests that its ...

(Reuters) - More than 250 million years ago, Scotland was not veiled in mist and rain, as it often is today, but rather a desert blanketed in sand dunes. One of the denizens of this challenging ...

On the geological timescale, humans’ stay on the planet earth amounts to little more than the blink of an eye. Before we emerged, earlier creatures enjoyed golden ages for more than twice as long as ...

"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...