How mammals evolved big brains
Brain proportions were driven by body size and cataclysmic events.
Scientists have now pieced together a 150-million-year timeline to determine how mammals evolved big brains.An in...
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How will mammals respond to climate change?
It’s complex – scientists call for more comprehensive studies.
As the ramifications of climate change become increasingly more apparent, our understanding of its complex impacts on...
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NatureWrap: Blue whales return to South Georgia
Plus plants that hide, toxic fur and tough love.
Critically endangered Antarctic blue whales are returning to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia five decades a...
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Diversity is a key to survival for mammals
Genome study identifies important positions in the DNA.
Mammals most at risk of extinction have low genetic diversity in some regions of DNA, according to a new genomic anal...
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These early mammals were social creatures
Palaeontologists make an important find at Egg Mountain.
Mammals appear to have been social creatures much earlier than previously thought, according to US palaeontologists. ...
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When mammals were like lounge lizards
Tiny teeth reveal a more reptilian pace of life.
The first mammals were rather reptilian in their ways, leading less active but much longer lives than now, a new stud...
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Flying foxes are very mobile mammals
That brings benefits, but also conservation challenges.
Australia’s flying foxes are known for their nomadic lifestyle. Now, a new study has ranked them among the most mobil...
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What shapes genetic diversity in mammals?
Global map points to evolution and climate.
On the heels of the International Day for Biological Diversity, scientists have compiled the first comprehensive map ...
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'Crazy beast' discovered in Madagascar
Mammal lived with dinosaurs on Gondwanaland.
When in isolation, animals evolve bizarre features and behaviours. Adding to the weird and wonderful fauna on the...
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Untangling branches in the mammal tree of life
Research allows comparisons among distantly related lineages.
A new approach to the mammalian tree of life allows comparison between mammals as distantly related as a platypus and...
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When big mammals are lost, so are termites
Ecologists monitor the impact on rainforest ecosystems.
By Nick CarneThe impact of losing Africa’s big animals goes beyond the obvious.US researchers have discovered that in...
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Why mammals have such complex backbones
Changes linked to active nature and high metabolisms.
Compared to other vertebrate animals such as reptiles, mammals have complex and unexpectedly weird backbones.Their ...