Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted February 3, 2012:

• A Battle of the Vampires, 20 Million Years Ago?
• New Procedure Repairs Severed Nerves in Minutes, Restoring Limb Use in Days or Weeks

Posted February 2, 2012:

• Treasure Trove of Wildlife Found in Peru Park

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Severe Python Damage to Florida's Native Everglades Animals Documented in New Study
• Mouse to Elephant? Just Wait 24 Million Generations

Posted January 29, 2012:

• What Do Killer Whales Eat in the Arctic?

Posted January 24, 2012:

• Marine Mammals on the Menu in Many Parts of World

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Italian Shipwreck Threatens to Create Second Disaster at Sea

Posted January 12, 2012:

• New Insights Into an Ancient Mechanism of Mammalian Evolution

Posted December 27, 2011:

• Over 65 Million Years, North American Mammal Evolution Has Tracked With Climate Change

Posted December 21, 2011:

• How Diving Marine Mammals Manage Decompression

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Immunity Against the Cold

Posted December 6, 2011:

• Ancient Meat-Loving Predators Survived for 35 Million Years

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Pristine Reptile Fossil Holds New Information About Aquatic Adaptations

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Fossil Moths Show Their True Colors

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Whiskers Marked Milestone in Evolution of Mammals from Reptiles

Posted November 9, 2011:

• No Need to Shrink Guts to Have a Larger Brain

Posted November 2, 2011:

• 'Saber-Toothed Squirrel': First Known Mammalian Skull from Late Cretaceous in South America
• Humans and Climate Contributed to Extinctions of Large Ice Age Mammals, New Study Finds

Posted October 20, 2011:

• First North American Hunters 1,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Speared Mastodon Fossil Shows

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Stranded Dolphins Exhibit Bubbles, and Ability to Recover

Posted October 18, 2011:

• Heart Disease Linked to Evolutionary Changes That May Have Protected Early Mammals from Trauma
• New, Higher Estimates of Endangered Humpback Whales in the North Pacific

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Oldest Fossil Rodents in South America Discovered; Find Is 10 Million Years Older and Confirms Animals from Africa

Posted October 7, 2011:

• Ancient Climate Change Has Left a Strong Imprint on Modern Ecosystems

Posted September 26, 2011:

• A Challenging Decade for Britain's Mammals

Posted September 25, 2011:

• Invasion of Genomic Parasites Triggered Modern Mammalian Pregnancy, Study Finds

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Evolutionary Tree of Life for Mammals Greatly Improved

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Primitive Birds Shared Dinosaurs' Fate

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Woolly Mammoth's Secrets for Shrugging Off Cold Points Toward New Artificial Blood for Humans

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Novel Software Used in First Global Camera Trap Mammal Study
• Insights Into Brucella and Other Gram Negative Bacteria Infecting Marine Mammals

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Woolly Rhino Fossil Discovery in Tibet Provides Important Clues to Evolution of Ice Age Giants

Posted August 29, 2011:

• Preserving 4 Percent of the Ocean Could Protect Most Marine Mammal Species, Study Finds

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Discovery of a 160-Million-Year-Old Fossil Represents a New Milestone in Early Mammal Evolution

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Ancient Whale Skulls and Directional Hearing: A Twisted Tale

Posted August 15, 2011:

• Oldest Evidence of Nails in Modern Primates

Posted August 12, 2011:

• Rediscovery of Disappeared Species: Truly Back from the Brink?

Posted August 10, 2011:

• New Approach to Sustain 'Forage' Fishing

Posted August 2, 2011:

• African Rodent Uses 'Poison Arrow' Toxin to Deter Predators: First Known Mammal to Use Plant Poison in Defense
• Sea Squirt Pacemaker Gives New Insight Into Evolution of the Human Heart

Posted July 20, 2011:

• Prehistoric Crocodile Terminonaris Was Texas Native, Fossil Suggests

Posted July 8, 2011:

• Holes in Fossil Bones Reveal Dinosaur Activity

Posted July 7, 2011:

• Seven New Mice Species Discovered

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Gray Whales Likely Survived the Ice Ages by Changing Their Diets
• Ruminant Headgear: Antlers, Horns, Ossicones and Pronghorns May Offer Medical Clues

Posted June 28, 2011:

• Body Temperature of Dinosaurs Measured for the First Time

Posted June 27, 2011:

• Tongue Makes the Difference in How Fish and Mammals Chew

Posted June 24, 2011:

• How Humpback Whales Catch Prey With Bubble Nets

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Thermometer for Dinosaurs: Researchers Identify Body Temperature of These Long-Extinct Giant Saurians

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