Here, using an vetted fossil database, we explored how South American mammals (SAM) responded to the most dramatic Cenozoic climate cooling episode, the Eocene−Oligocene transition (ca. 34 Ma). We ...

Fittingly, the giant wētā of the south were shaped by mountains. As the land rose, the wētā were driven skyward and forced to ...

During the late Eocene and early Oligocene, South America was home to ... when changing climates and competition from mammals likely drove them to extinction on the mainland.

The Paraceratherium, also known as Indricotherium, is an extinct genus of giant rhinoceros that lived approximately 34 to 23 million years ago during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs. It is considered ...

JCU researcher Linda Reinhold led the study, which is published in PLOS One. She said photoluminescence in mammal fur is common. "Rats, along with bandicoots, possums, bats, tree-kangaroos and ...

The fact that some mammals are photoluminescent has been known at least since 1911. However, the topic attracted little attention until 2019 when flying squirrels were revealed to glow bright pink ...

The Trump Administration is taking aim at an agency that protects marine mammals from harm, prompting local experts to worry. The Marine Mammal Commission was created more than 50 years ago to ...

Invasive rats and rainforest mammals are sharing gut microbes as urban areas grow. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 / 250501122110.htm ...

A study has shown that a dangerous game of "brinkmanship" between rival genes in mammals could help explain why many fertilized eggs don't result in a new life. Within the genome, genes can be in ...

Rangers saved an injured grebe Saturday after it was found entangled in a fishing hook at Lake Havasu State Park.

Could aquatic mammals, such as whales, orcas, and bottlenose dolphins, ever evolve to live on land again? It seems the chances of this are actually vanishingly small, as the adaptations that allow ...