Learn how a variety of tooth shapes drove evolution across multiple kinds of mammals.

The evolution of mammals has been marked by significant events, such as the mass extinction that wiped out non-avian ...

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable ...

The early evolution of mammals, it turns out, was far more complex and varied than previously understood. Lead author James ...

"This is unusual and tells us a lot about how mammals' evolution took place.” Small mammals living today have much shorter lifespans, some surviving for as little as 12 months, and maturing ...

A recent study has uncovered the surprising evolutionary origin of the mammalian outer ear, linking it to the gills of ancient fish and marine invertebrates. The research reveals that both structures ...

Gorgonopsians weren't a direct ancestor of living mammals, nor did they give rise to the saber-toothed cats that existed until around 10,000 years ago. However, they were part of the wider ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve “backward” ...

Despite not being particularly mammal-looking, the earliest true mammals ... a study co-author and head of the Computational Biomechanics and Evolution of Life History group at the Institut ...