More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

This video could be used to introduce a discussion about animal groups. Pupils could list the characteristics of mammals and identify animals as mammals based on these characteristics. They could ...

Mar. 19, 2025 — To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only ...

“Characteristics such as a larger body mass ... Mixodectids were also euarchontans, a group of mammals that consists of treeshrews, primates, and colugos. To clarify just where Mixodectes ...

“Characteristics such as a larger body mass and an increased reliance on leaves allowed Mixodectes to thrive in the same trees likely shared with other early primate relatives.” Mixodectes was quite ...

The elephant won the first March Mammal Madness in 2013. / John Partipilo / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Every March, college basketball fans print out brackets and try ...