Mammals adapted from life to trees to live on the ground before asteroid killing dinosaurs, research reveals
Dryolestes, a late legal parent of the Therians of Cretaceous. Credit: artist James Brown. Pamela Gill More mammals lived on ...
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Sensory immunity study reveals how parasitic worms found a way to escape mammals’ need to scratch their itch
MrgprA3 neurons selectively control IL-33 expression in cutaneous myeloid APCs. Credit: Natural immunology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-01982-y Have you ever had ...
Some bats survive and thrive with blood sugar levels that would be lethal to other mammals
Thirty million years ago, the Neotropical hog-nosed bat survived solely on insects. Since then, these bats have diversified into many ...
Study reveals molecular mechanisms behind hibernation in mammals
A sleeping brown bear (Ursos arctos) lying on a blanket, with snowflakes on its fur. Credit: Ole Frøbert, Aarhus University ...
Surprising behavior in one of the world’s least studied mammals
A Baird's beaked whale off the Commander Islands. Two teeth are visible in the lower pot. The body is covered ...
A study shows that otters, beavers and other semi-aquatic mammals stay clean underwater thanks to their flexible fur.
Credit: CC0 Public domain Underwater surfaces can become dirty as they accumulate dirt, algae and bacteria, a process scientists call ...
The midbrain of the California singing fish could serve as a model for how mammals control vocal expressions
Vocal diversity in fish and tetrapods. Credit: Natural communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43794-y For talkative midship fish, sometimes called "California singing ...
Humans, not climate, are to blame for the decline of giant mammals.
Prehistoric men attack an elephant. New research shows that it was humans, not climate, that caused a sharp decline in ...
Genomic analyzes reveal poaching hotspots and trade routes for the most trafficked endangered mammals
Thomas Smith, founding director of the UCLA Tropical Research Center, with a pile of pangolin scales. Credit: Tom Smith UCLA ...
