Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted January 23, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover Most Primitive Primate Skeleton

Posted January 16, 2007:

• Big Vegetarian Mammals Can Play A Critical Role In Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems, Study Finds

Posted January 15, 2007:

• Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants?

Posted December 20, 2006:

• Contrary To Common Wisdom, Scientist Discovers Some Mammals Can Smell Objects Under Water

Posted December 19, 2006:

• Fossil Discovery Turns Scientific Theory On Its Head

Posted December 18, 2006:

• Small Furry Mammal Was Capable Of Gliding Flight Possibly Before Birds

Posted December 13, 2006:

• Tiny Bones Rewrite Textbooks: First New Zealand Land Mammal Fossil

Posted December 9, 2006:

• Small, Smaller, Smallest: The Plight Of The Vaquita

Posted November 27, 2006:

• Humpback Whales Have Brain Cells Also Found In Humans

Posted November 1, 2006:

• Global Map Shows New Patterns Of Extinction Risk

Posted October 18, 2006:

• Researchers Give Name To Ancient Mystery Creature

Posted October 17, 2006:

• New Dwarf Buffalo Discovered By Chance In The Philippines

Posted October 13, 2006:

• New Mammal Species Discovered In Europe

Posted October 12, 2006:

• Does Missing Gene Point To Nocturnal Existence For Early Mammals?

Posted September 20, 2006:

• 'Killer' B Cells Demonstrate Evolutionary Link Between Fish And Mammal Immune Systems

Posted September 11, 2006:

• Researchers Discover That Sheep Need Retroviruses For Reproduction

Posted August 9, 2006:

• Paleontologist Discovers South American Mammal Fossils

Posted July 20, 2006:

• Neandertal Genome To Be Deciphered
• Seeing The Serpent: Ability To Spot Venomous Snakes May Have Played Major Role In Primate Evolution

Posted July 13, 2006:

• Tyrannosaur Survivorship -- Tough Times For Teens

Posted July 12, 2006:

• Large Dinosaurs Were Extremely Hot In Their Day, Study Finds

Posted July 11, 2006:

• Math And Fossils Resolve A Debate On Dinosaur Metabolism

Posted June 26, 2006:

• Elephants, Large Mammals Recover From Poaching In Africa's Oldest National Park

Posted June 16, 2006:

• Another Grape Excuse To Hit The Bottle

Posted June 14, 2006:

• Retired Professor Captures A 'Living Fossil' -- Laotian Rock Rat Once Believed To Have Gone Extinct

Posted May 23, 2006:

• How Ancient Whales Lost Their Legs, Got Sleek And Conquered The Oceans

Posted May 5, 2006:

• Man May Have Caused Pre-Historic Extinctions

Posted April 26, 2006:

• 'Banana-Jawed' Fossil Mammal Linked To Rare Sound-Producing Skill

Posted April 11, 2006:

• Yale Researchers Find Environmental Toxins Disruptive To Hearing In Mammals

Posted March 6, 2006:

• More Evidence Mammals, Fruit Flies Share Make-Up On Function Of Biological Clocks

Posted February 24, 2006:

• Scientists Discover First Swimming Mammal From The Jurassic

Posted February 21, 2006:

• Monitoring Baleen Whales With Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Posted February 20, 2006:

• New Fossil Find In New Mexico Named After Artist Georgia O'Keeffe

Posted December 21, 2005:

• Scientists Sequence DNA Of Woolly Mammoth

Posted December 19, 2005:

• Unexpected Finding: Some Dinosaurs Grew Slower In Hard Times

Posted December 14, 2005:

• Marine Biology Mystery Solved: Function Of 'Unicorn' Whale's 8-Foot Tooth Discovered

Posted November 10, 2005:

• Global Warming Dramatically Changed Ancient Forests

Posted October 6, 2005:

• Muskox Suffered Loss Of Genetic Diversity At Pleistocene/Holocene Transition

Posted October 3, 2005:

• Oxygen Increase Caused Mammals To Triumph, Researchers Say

Posted September 3, 2005:

• Mouse Genome Much More Complex Than Expected

Posted August 31, 2005:

• Bird Flu Claims Critically Endangered Mammal

Posted August 19, 2005:

• Otter Adaptations: How Do Otters Remain Sleek And Warm

Posted August 3, 2005:

• Study Shows Big Game Hunters, Not Climate Change, Killed Off Sloths

Posted July 22, 2005:

• Size Matters: Preventing Large Mammal Extinction

Posted July 18, 2005:

• Ancient Diets Of Australian Birds Point To Big Ecosystem Changes

Posted July 9, 2005:

• Ancient Diets Of Australian Birds Point To Big Ecosystem Changes

Posted July 5, 2005:

• How Fish Hear And Make Sounds At Same Time

Posted June 22, 2005:

• Scientists Monitor Habitat Use By Rare North Pacific Right Whales In Bering Sea And Gulf Of Alaska

Posted May 22, 2005:

• First Ever Fossil Of Sleeping Dinosaur Found In China

Posted March 29, 2005:

• University Of Florida Discovery Raises Questions About Origin Of African Mammals

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