Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted May 21, 2013:

• Study Reveals How Fishing Gear Can Cause Slow Death of Whales

Posted May 15, 2013:

• World's Most Extraordinary Species Mapped for the First Time
• H1N1 Discovered in Marine Mammals

Posted May 14, 2013:

• Fossil Saved from Mule Track Revolutionizes Understanding of Ancient Dolphin-Like Marine Reptile

Posted May 8, 2013:

• Dietary Flexibility May Have Helped Some Large Predators Survive After Last Ice Age

Posted April 29, 2013:

• Singing Humpback Whales Tracked on Northwest Atlantic Feeding Ground

Posted April 22, 2013:

• Fish Was on the Menu for Early Flying Dinosaur

Posted April 18, 2013:

• Rats' and Bats' Brains Work Differently on the Move

Posted April 11, 2013:

• Sea Mammals Find U.S. Safe Harbor

Posted April 9, 2013:

• Moa's Ark: Why the Female Giant Moa Was About Twice the Size of the Male

Posted April 4, 2013:

• Dwarf Whale Survived Well Into Ice Age

Posted March 25, 2013:

• Risk to Endangered Whales from Ships in Southern California Analyzed in New Study

Posted March 15, 2013:

• Kangaroos and Other Marsupials: Climb to the Pouch Begins in Utero

Posted March 6, 2013:

• Siberian Fossil Revealed to Be One of the Oldest Known Domestic Dogs

Posted March 5, 2013:

• Handedness in Marsupials Is Dependent on Gender, Research Shows
• New Fossils of Crocodilian, Hippo-Like Species from Panama
• Remains of Extinct Giant Camel Discovered in High Arctic
• Ancient DNA Solves 320-Year-Old Mystery: Origins of Now Extinct Falkland Islands Wolf

Posted March 4, 2013:

• 'True Grit' Erodes Assumptions About Evolution of Earth's First Grasslands

Posted February 28, 2013:

• Reducing Numbers of One Carnivore Species Indirectly Leads to Extinction of Others

Posted February 19, 2013:

• How the Whale Got Its Teeth: Scientists Explore Development of Unique Dentition of 'Toothed Whales'

Posted February 17, 2013:

• Evolution Helped Turn Hairless Skin Into a Canvas for Self-Expression

Posted February 7, 2013:

• Most Comprehensive Tree of Life Shows Placental Mammal Diversity Exploded After Age of Dinosaurs

Posted January 23, 2013:

• Previous Unknown Fossilized Fox Species Found

Posted January 17, 2013:

• New Research Throws Doubt on Earlier 'Killer Walrus' Claims

Posted January 16, 2013:

• Earliest Sea Cow Ancestors Originated in Africa, Lived in Fresh Water

Posted January 14, 2013:

• Climate Change May Benefit Most Mammals That Live in Northern Europe’s Arctic and Sub-Arctic Land Areas in Short Run

Posted January 3, 2013:

• Rare Form of Active 'Jumping Genes' Found in Mammals

Posted January 2, 2013:

• Egg-Laying Mammal: Scientists Discover That for Australia the Long-Beaked Echidna May Not Be a Thing of the Past

Posted December 26, 2012:

• Evidence Contradicts Idea That Starvation Caused Saber-Tooth Cat Extinction

Posted December 19, 2012:

• New Study Sheds Light on Dinosaur Size

Posted December 13, 2012:

• Researchers Find First Evidence of Ice Age Wolves in Nevada
• Disaster Map Predicts Bleak Future for Mammals

Posted December 6, 2012:

• At High Altitude, Carbs Are the Fuel of Choice

Posted November 27, 2012:

• Chemical 'Switches' for Neurodegenerative Diseases Discovered

Posted November 26, 2012:

• Evolutionary Mode Routinely Varies Amongst Morphological Traits Within Fossil Species Lineages

Posted November 21, 2012:

• Eating Right Key to Survival of Whales and Dolphins

Posted November 19, 2012:

• After 121 Years, Identification of 'Grave Robber' Fossil Solves a Paleontological Enigma

Posted November 16, 2012:

• What Should Be Done About the Wolves at Isle Royale National Park, U.S.?

Posted November 7, 2012:

• Fossils and Genes Brought Together to Piece Together Evolutionary History

Posted November 6, 2012:

• Saber-Toothed Cats and Bear Dogs: How They Made Cohabitation Work

Posted October 31, 2012:

• New Study Shows Effects of Prehistoric Nocturnal Life on Mammalian Vision

Posted October 24, 2012:

• Forestry's Waste Wood Offers Habitat for Small Forest-Floor Animals

Posted October 22, 2012:

• Migratory Birds’ Ticks Can Spread Viral Haemorrhagic Fever

Posted October 17, 2012:

• Searching for a Silver Bullet: Measuring Biodiversity to Inform Species Conservation

Posted October 10, 2012:

• Skin Hair Skims Heat Off Elephants

Posted October 9, 2012:

• Marine Worms Reveal the Deepest Evolutionary Patterns

Posted October 3, 2012:

• That's No Primate: It's a Fish! New Look at Fossil of 'Lemur Without a Nose'

Posted October 2, 2012:

• Prehistoric Builders Reveal Trade Secrets: Long-Overlooked Museum Fossil Is Clue to Vanished Skills of Prehistoric Animal Architects

Posted September 29, 2012:

• White Shark Diets Show Surprising Variability, Vary With Age and Among Individuals

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