Social mammals are wildly diverse, given that they can be found across all habitats and species. However, a new line of ...

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a thorough examination of the pigment-producing cells present in living mammals, ...

Some mammals hibernate to survive in winter, but the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) employs Dehnel's phenomenon to get ...

This ‘NOVA’ presentation focuses on therapsids, lizard-like creatures with distinctly mammalian characteristics that lived on Earth more than 200 million years ago.

Bats, rodents, hedgehogs, and shrews are mammals among the orders that are predicted to have the most undescribed mammals. (Pictured: a bicolored shrew) Werner Korschinsky via Wikimedia Commons under ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...

Researchers reveal new insights into the complex evolutionary history behind the distinctive upright posture of modern placental and marsupial mammals, showing the transition was surprisingly complex ...

According to a new study, the first louse to take up residence on a mammalian host likely started out as a parasite of birds. That host-jumping event tens of millions of years ago began the long ...

The small mammals building at the Milwaukee County Zoo will be closing by the end of 2025. The closure is part of a strategic plan focused on the future of the zoo. Animals in the small mammals ...