A remarkable fossil discovery in northeastern China has revealed a twisted prehistoric food chain – a dinosaur species that ...

During the early Paleocene, about 66 to 56 million years ago, a species of small mammal known as Mixodectes pungens […] ...

As conditions climb, mammals cannot regulate heat for long without access to cooler refuges and reliable water sources. Illustration showing the geography of today’s Earth and the projected geography ...

Carlo, a male binturong, is being brought in to breed with Fig, the zoo's female. The rare mammals are carrying hopes for a conservation romance that could help safeguard the vulnerable species ...

It all comes down to glutamic acid receptors—something that’s far from intuitively ... This is one of several ways the nervous system regulates ion movement—and, in turn, neurological function—in ...

ULAANBAATAR: A previously unknown species of ancient mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period, about 90 million years ago, has been recorded for the first time in Mongolia.

The study, published in the journal Palaeontology, focused on tiny fossilized bones from marsupial and placental mammals. These fossils came from Western North America, the only place with a well ...

The investigators, headed by Professor Christine Janis, used fossil bones of marsupials and placental mammals excavated in Western North America, the only place with a good representation of ...

Despite this strong correlation, the role of leptin in preeclampsia is largely unexplored compared with other biomarkers likely due to differences in placental leptin production among mammals.

According to Phys.org, Professor Janis and her team analyzed more than 300 small fossilized bone fragments, specifically the ends of limb bones from marsupials and placental mammals found in ...