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Muskox Suffered Loss Of Genetic Diversity At Pleistocene/Holocene Transition
October 6, 2005 — The tundra muskox, one of the few large northern mammals to have survived to the present day, saw its genetic diversity decrease greatly at the end of the Pleistocene period, around 10,000 years ... > full story -
Oxygen Increase Caused Mammals To Triumph, Researchers Say
October 3, 2005 — The first, high resolution continuous record of oxygen concentration in the earth's atmosphere shows that a sharp rise in oxygen about 50 million years ago gave mammals the evolutionary boost they ... > full story -
Mouse Genome Much More Complex Than Expected
September 3, 2005 — More than 100 scientists from Australia, Asia, Europe and the US have been probing the genome of the mouse in a joint study lasting several years. Their results in some aspects have completely ... > full story -
Bird Flu Claims Critically Endangered Mammal
August 31, 2005 — A far wider range of wildlife species could be at risk from bird flu warns Dr Diana Bell of the University of East Anglia following her team's discovery that three civet cats have died from bird flu ... > full story -
Otter Adaptations: How Do Otters Remain Sleek And Warm
August 19, 2005 — How do otters stay warm without a thick layer of body fat? Using scanning electron microscopy and polarizing light microsopy, Penn cell biologist John W. Weisel examined the structure of otter hairs ... > full story -
Study Shows Big Game Hunters, Not Climate Change, Killed Off Sloths
August 3, 2005 — Prehistoric big game hunters and not the last ice age are the likely culprits in the extinction of giant ground sloths and other North American great mammals such as mammoths, mastodons and ... > full story -
Size Matters: Preventing Large Mammal Extinction
July 22, 2005 — Saving large mammals such as elephants and rhino from extinction could be made more effective by focusing efforts on individual species as well as their ... > full story -
Ancient Diets Of Australian Birds Point To Big Ecosystem Changes
July 18, 2005 — A shifting diet of two flightless birds inhabiting Australia tens of thousands of years ago is the best evidence yet that early humans may have altered the continent's interior with fire, changing it ... > full story -
Ancient Diets Of Australian Birds Point To Big Ecosystem Changes
July 9, 2005 — A shifting diet of two flightless birds inhabiting Australia tens of thousands of years ago is the best evidence yet that early humans may have altered the continent's interior with fire, changing it ... > full story -
How Fish Hear And Make Sounds At Same Time
July 5, 2005 — Cornell University's Andrew Bass explains for the first time how the plainfin midshipman fish can hear its own voice and outside sounds at the same time. (Journal of Neuroscience, June 29, ... > full story
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