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Climate Change Reduces Bat Population In Queensland, Australia
July 9, 2007 — A central eastern Queensland mine has turned up bat fossils which show climate change has had a negative impact on the state's bat population. Researchers are currently sifting through what is the ... > full story -
Wolves Of Alaska Became Extinct 12,000 Years Ago, Scientists Report
July 4, 2007 — The ancient gray wolves of Alaska became extinct some 12,000 years ago, and the wolves in Alaska today are not their descendents but a different subspecies, an international team of scientists ... > full story -
Placental Mammals Originated On Earth 65 Million Years Ago, Researchers Assert
June 21, 2007 — An early mammal fossil discovered in Mongolia led to researchers asserting that the origins of placental mammals, which include humans, can be dated to approximately 65 million years ago in the ... > full story -
Ice Age Extinction Claimed Highly Carnivorous Alaskan Wolves
June 21, 2007 — The extinction of many large mammals at the end of the Ice Age may have packed an even bigger punch than scientists have realized. To the list of victims such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed ... > full story -
Why Female Deer Like A Stag To Be A Big Noise In The Forest
June 19, 2007 — Impressive antlers may be the most eye-catching attribute of the male red deer, but it's the quality of a stag's mating call that attracts the female of the species, according to a new ... > full story -
Ancient DNA Traces Woolly Mammoth's Disappearance
June 7, 2007 — Some ancient-DNA evidence has offered new clues to a very cold case: the disappearance of the last woolly mammoths, one of the most iconic of all Ice Age giants, according to a recent article. DNA ... > full story -
One In Six European Mammals Threatened With Extinction
May 22, 2007 — The first assessment of all European mammals, commissioned by the European Commission and carried out by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), shows that nearly one in every six mammal species is now ... > full story -
Prehistoric Behavior And Ecology Of Northern Fur Seals Reconstructed
May 21, 2007 — A team of researchers has documented major changes in the behavior, ecology and geographic range of the northern fur seal over the past 1,500 years using a combination of techniques from archaeology, ... > full story -
Reason For Mammals' Aging Lies In The Brain
May 19, 2007 — To date, there are two basic concepts of reasons for aging. The first one is death as a result of damage accumulation, and the second is death as a suicide program. There are multiple arguments in ... > full story -
Opossum Genome Shows 'Junk' DNA Source Of Genetic Innovation
May 9, 2007 — A tiny opossum's genome has shed light on how evolution creates new creatures from old, showing that change primarily comes by finding new ways of turning existing genes on and ... > full story
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