Using whole genome sequencing and cutting‐edge analyses, researchers at Stockholm University have uncovered the surprising ...

Learn more about how genetic research reveals the Norwegian lemming only split from its Siberian cousin 35,000 years ago.

The shift from lizard-like sprawl to upright walking in mammals wasn’t a smooth climb up the evolutionary ladder. Instead, it ...

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

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into how ...

Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have ...

Take a journey back in time to explore the early ancestors of today’s most familiar mammals. From tiny proto-elephants to ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

The transition from sprawling (reptile-like) to more upright (parasagittal) posture and locomotion was a transformative event in mammalian evolution ...

Scientists studying ability of mice to regenerate ear damage say therapies based on retinoic acid might work across various ...