Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted June 9, 2009:

• Study On Papua New Guinea's Long-Beaked Echidna Reveals Elusive Habits

Posted June 8, 2009:

• Mobile DNA Elements In Woolly Mammoth Genome Give New Clues To Mammalian Evolution
• Fossil Bone Bed Helps Reconstruct Life Along California's Ancient Coastline

Posted June 4, 2009:

• Carbon Payments Help Protect Threatened Tropical Mammals

Posted June 3, 2009:

• Cantabrian Cornice in Spain Has Experienced Seven Cooling And Warming Phases Over Past 41,000 Years

Posted June 2, 2009:

• Ancient Mammals Shifted Diets As Climate Changed

Posted June 1, 2009:

• High Arctic Mammals Wintered In Darkness 53 Million Years Ago

Posted May 25, 2009:

• Link Between Sociality And Brain Increase In Carnivores Questioned By Evolutionary Biologists

Posted May 20, 2009:

• Marine Mammals' Brains Exposed To Hazardous Cocktail Of Pesticides Including DDT, PCBs, Brominated Flame Retardants

Posted May 19, 2009:

• Common Ancestor Of Humans, Modern Primates? 'Extraordinary' Fossil Is 47 Million Years Old

Posted May 18, 2009:

• Fossil Of 'Giant' Shrew Nearly One Million Years Old Found In Spain

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Climate Change Driving Michigan Mammals North

Posted May 7, 2009:

• Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

Posted April 28, 2009:

• Google Earth Aids Discovery Of Early African Mammal Fossils
• Analysis Finds Strong Match Between Molecular, Fossil Data In Evolutionary Studies

Posted April 23, 2009:

• Cattle Genome Sequencing Milestone Promises Health Benefits, Researcher Says

Posted April 16, 2009:

• Worms Control Lifespan At High Temperatures

Posted April 8, 2009:

• Prehistoric Bears Ate Everything And Anything, Just Like Modern Cousins

Posted March 31, 2009:

• Researchers Help Save Rare Venomous Mammal From Extinction

Posted March 20, 2009:

• Climate And Habitat Diversity Affect Variety Of Animal Species In Spain

Posted March 19, 2009:

• Genomic Fossils In Lemurs Shed Light On Origin And Evolution Of HIV And Other Primate Lentiviruses

Posted March 18, 2009:

• Is The Hippopotamus The Closest Living Relative To The Whale?

Posted March 17, 2009:

• Female Mammals Follow Their Noses To The Right Mates

Posted March 12, 2009:

• Preserved Shark Fossil Adds Evidence To Great White's Origins

Posted March 6, 2009:

• Sea Level Rises Offer New Explanation For Puzzling Biological Divide Along Malay Peninsula

Posted March 5, 2009:

• Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

Posted February 25, 2009:

• Fossilized Pregnant Fish One Of First Animals To Have Sex
• Clovis-Era Tool Cache 13,000 Years Old Shows Evidence Of Camel, Horse Butchering

Posted February 18, 2009:

• Vast Cache Of Ice-Age Fossils Uncovered At La Brea Tar Pits In Los Angeles

Posted February 13, 2009:

• New Questions About Evolution Of Hormones In Mammals

Posted February 9, 2009:

• New Species Of Prehistoric Creatures Discovered In Isle Of Wight Mud

Posted February 5, 2009:

• Wolf In Dog's Clothing? Black Wolves May Be First 'Genetically Modified' Predators

Posted February 4, 2009:

• Early Whales Gave Birth On Land, Fossil Find Reveals

Posted January 28, 2009:

• Mammals That Hibernate Or Burrow Less Likely To Go Extinct

Posted January 27, 2009:

• Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains

Posted January 26, 2009:

• Dinosaur Fossils Fit Perfectly Into The Evolutionary Tree Of Life, Study Finds

Posted January 24, 2009:

• NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures For Sonar Training Off The Atlantic Coast And Gulf Of Mexico

Posted January 21, 2009:

• Reptile Fossil Reignites Debate Over New Zealand Submergence

Posted January 16, 2009:

• Northern Fur Seal Pup Decline: Lowest Birth Rate Since 1916

Posted January 12, 2009:

• Hair Of Tasmanian Tiger Yields Genes Of Extinct Species

Posted January 10, 2009:

• Mink Control Vital To Save Water Voles In Britain

Posted December 16, 2008:

• Beaked Whales’ Tusks Evolved Through Sexual Selection Process

Posted December 15, 2008:

• Over 1,000 Species Discovered In The Greater Mekong In Past Decade

Posted November 19, 2008:

• Woolly-Mammoth Genome Sequenced

Posted November 18, 2008:

• Australian First: Kangaroo Genome Mapped

Posted November 11, 2008:

• Ice Age Beasts In Europe: Migration Of The Woolly Rhinoceros Earlier Than Assumed

Posted November 5, 2008:

• Death By Hyperdisease: How DNA Detective Work Explains Extinction Of Christmas Island's Native Rats

Posted October 31, 2008:

• Extinct Sabertooth Cats Were Social, Found Strength In Numbers, Study Shows

Posted October 22, 2008:

• Increase in Leptospirosis Disease in Sea Lions

Posted October 6, 2008:

• Nearly One In Four Of World’s Mammals At Risk Of Disappearing Forever

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