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Mammals

New findings on animal viruses with potential to infect humans

Categories Technology

Armadillo. Armadillos are lunar phobic and less active when there is more lunar/moon illumination. Taken by a wildlife camera.

Moon Phases Influence Tropical Forest Mammals’ Behavior, Study Finds

Categories Life & Non-humans, Space

On the left is a parent of the early mammal Dryolestes which raises a brood after reaching sexual maturity at age four. On the right is a Haldanodon, a member of the family of mammal-like docodonts, before fully reaching the mammalian evolutionary level; the creature's lifespan was eleven to fourteen years.

Early mammals lived longer

Categories Life & Non-humans

The best dads in the primate world? Owl monkey fathers take on the role of primary caregiver and only hand their babies back to their female partners for nursing.

Math Says Male Mammals Don’t Breastfeed to Protect Offspring from Harmful Microbes

Categories Life & Non-humans

a sugar glider soaring through the air, with its patagium fully extended

Unlocking the Secrets of Flying Mammals: How Evolution Shaped the Patagium

Categories Life & Non-humans

Bat teeth

Fruit, nectar, bugs and blood: How bat teeth and jaws evolved for a diverse dinnertime

Categories Life & Non-humans

Life reconstruction of the ancient mammal relative Thrinaxodon from the Triassic Period of Earth history. Similar in size and shape to a modern mink, Thrinaxodon is close to the inferred size of the ancestor of the group of ancient mammal relatives called cynodonts, and it shared that ancestor’s likely preference for animal food. Image by April Neander.

Survival of the newest: the mammals that survive mass extinctions aren’t as “boring” as scientists thought

Categories Life & Non-humans

Specks of orange on a black background

Microplastics cause behavioral changes

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Talpa hakkariensis – found in the Hakkari region of southeastern Turkey – was identified as a new species of mole, highly distinctive in terms of both its morphology and DNA

Hidden moles in hidden holes: New species found after 3 million years

Categories Life & Non-humans

Illustration showing Repenomamus robustus as it attacks Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis moments before a volcanic debris flow buries them both, ca. 125 million years ago.

Unusual fossil shows rare evidence of a mammal attacking a dinosaur

Categories Life & Non-humans

A reconstruction of Thylacosmilus atrox

How the “marsupial sabertooth” thylacosmilus saw its world

Categories Life & Non-humans

Sometimes more is less: Certain wild land mammals contribute relatively little to the global biomass despite having numerous individuals and species

The weight of responsibility: biomass of livestock dwarfs that of wild mammals

Categories Life & Non-humans

Dinosaur illiustration

Before asteroid, dinosaurs we’re killing it

Categories Life & Non-humans

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