An international team of paleontologists has found a specimen of a previously unknown species of mammal from the early Paleocene, about 65 million years...
A new study published in the journal Diversity and Distributions reveals what the world map of mammals would look like if Homo sapiens had never existed.
The...
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has shown that, despite not having a nervous system, plants send signals normally associated...
Dinosaurs were endothermic (warm-blooded) like mammals, says paleontologist Dr Michael D’Emic of Stony Brook University.
Torvosaurus gurneyi. Image credit:...
According to a new study led by Prof William Ripple of Oregon State University, many populations of large plant-eaters such as elephants, bison, rhinoceroses,...
A new study appearing in the journal PLOS Biology is the first to demonstrate that the color of light influences the circadian clock in any mammalian species.
According...
A group of scientists led by Dr David Hu from the Georgia Institute of Technology has discovered that humans and 21 species of mammals – from hedgehogs,...
A team of paleontologists from China and the United States has described two shrew-sized mammals that lived during the Jurassic period, between 165 and...
Sci-News.com compiles an annual list of the top 20 new species of animals, plants and insects found in the past twelve months.
1. Araguaian boto (Inia...
Scientists at the Wildlife Conservation Society have released their favorite camera-trap pictures of 2014. They use camera traps as a non-invasive tool...
An international group of paleontologists has discovered a horse-like animal that lived in what is now India during Eocene epoch, about 55 million years...
An international team of paleontologists headed by Marco Marzola from the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, has discovered nearly 70 fossilized tracks...
A team of paleontologists led by Prof David Krause of Stony Brook University has discovered a groundhog-like animal that lived in what is now Madagascar...
According to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2014, global wildlife populations have declined by 52 per cent in 40 years.
Global wildlife populations have...
A group of paleontologists led by Dr Jin Meng of American Museum of Natural History has discovered three squirrel-like mammals that lived in what is now...
A team of scientists led by Dr Thilo Gross of the University of Bristol has combined depictions of lions, wild dogs, elephants and other creatures from...
