A new analysis of the jaw of one of the earliest known proto-mammals sheds light on efforts to accurately date the period when mammals first evolved and clarifies the mammalian family tree. The ...

Using fossil and genomic data, Yale researchers have created an “evolutionary tree of life” that details relationships between mammal species across the globe.

Evolutionary tree of life for mammals greatly improved Date: September 23, 2011 Source: University of California - Riverside Summary: Biologists have released a large and robust DNA matrix that ...

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ecological niche after the dinosaurs.

The find also helps put the mysterious Ernanodon into the mammal family tree. Archaeologists had suspected that the animal might be related to modern-day sloths and armadillos.

Environment Animals Wildlife This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may be among humans’ closer relatives Mixodectes pungens lived only a few million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. By Laura ...

In the Cyclops Mountains in the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea, Oxford scientists and local guides made a series of spectacular discoveries.

A team of Indian, Chinese, Indonesian and Thai researchers have found a new genus of frogs in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and India’s northeast, according to November 12 issue of Zootaxa, an ...

To create the new list, a team of researchers reviewed over 1,200 publications regarding mammal taxonomy from the end of 2003 to now. Their update includes recognizing 1,251 new species, 172 ...