A University of Portsmouth student has discovered a new species of prehistoric mammal dating back 145 million years to the ...

In the 1973 novel The Princess Bride, Buttercup and Westley are taken by surprise when they are suddenly attacked by “rodents ...

The new rodent species indicate that there was explosive diversification on South America when it was an island continent, before the formation of the Isthmus of Panama about 3.5 million years ago.

Some yet-to-be-discovered species are likely small creatures like bats, rodents, moles and shrews. 80% of mammals have been identified already, professor Bryan Carstens estimates.

These included the first fully aquatic mammals (whales) and flying mammals (bats), as well as rodents and primates. This sudden expansion of species diversity into new ways of life is known as ...

Capybaras are some of nature’s most interesting animals, known for their sweet personalities and unique social bonds. Florida ...

Some of these species were the largest mammals of the entire Mesozoic—such as the meter-long, 14-kilogram Repenomamus, a wolverine-sized creature from the Early Cretaceous of China whose ...

Mammal evolution to upright posture followed complex branching path rather than simple step-by-step progression.

New species of aquatic mice discovered, cousins of one of the world's rarest mammals. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 24, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 10 / 201008142106.htm ...

The findings of a new study "clearly show that interfering with the environment has a detectable effect on wildlife," a ...

An elusive rodent considered to be a "sensitive species," has been spotted on a West Virginia trail in the Allegheny mountains. Officials of Monongahela National Forest, a unit of the U.S ...