The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an egg-laying mammal which, alongside the echidna, occupies a unique place in the mammalian family tree. The...
Two new species of dog-faced bats have been discovered in the tropical forests of Central and South America. Both new species are described in the March...
An international team of scientists has sequenced and assembled the genome of a venomous shrew-like insectivore called the Hispaniolan solenodon.
The Hispaniolan...
An international team of researchers has discovered that systems enabling the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) to control blood flow during...
Neuronal cell types in the avian brains linked to goal-directed behaviors and cognition are similar to cells in a region of the mammalian brain called...
An international team of scientists has uncovered information about the nerve networks required for walking on land, suggesting the last common ancestor...
Many of the genes involved in natural repair of the injured spinal cord of a fish called the lamprey are also active in the repair of the peripheral nervous...
According to a study by University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers, a mammal’s brain changes how it stores information about innocuous events depending...
Oxytocin, a powerful hormone produced by all mammals, including canines, is a key factor in the interaction between dogs and humans, according to a new...
A group of paleontologists from the University of Portsmouth has discovered two new species of mammals that lived 145 million years ago in what is now...
A long-standing theory holds that the common ancestor to all mammals was nocturnal, but new research from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and University College...
A new large species of giraffid being named Decennatherium rex has been discovered by Dr. Maria Rios from the National Museum of Natural History of Spain...
According to a study led by Dr. Javier Lazaro of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, the skulls of Eurasian shrews (Sorex araneus) shrink in anticipation...
An international team of paleontologists from the United States, Australia and Tanzania has discovered a new species of hyaenodont that lived 25 million...
A new study published in the journal Animal Cognition demonstrates that raccoons (Procyon lotor) are able to learn to solve complex problems and that they...
Ancient, independent inactivations of the ucp1 gene, which encodes the uncoupling protein 1, or UCP1 (essential for thermogenesis in brown fat), were a...
A new species of cottontail rabbit (genus Sylvilagus) has been described from the lowlands of western Suriname by Portland State University Professor Luis...
Scientists reporting in the Journal of Mammalogy on May 30 have identified a new species of flying squirrel living in the Pacific Coast region of North...
