The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, grey-brown fur for camouflage.

A study of the fossilised fur of six mammals from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods has found they were all greyish-brown in colour, which would have helped them hide from dinosaurs ...

Hundreds of animals, from tiny ants to mighty hippos, are shaping the Earth's surface as powerfully as floods and storms.

For a long time, we didn’t know, but now they must finally show their true colors: early mammals had dark brown fur. This ...

Domoic acid poisoning is stranding marine mammals as warnings are issued to beachgoers of the threat posed by animals that ...

One year since it was discovered in Texas dairy cows, epidemiologists have their hands full tracking the virus’ spread.

LaMendola called CIMWI about the incident. His experience off Oxnard Friday was the first aggressive sea lion reported to the ...

"It's a way for animals to interact with their ... that these new species came with new colours, for all the expanded activities these new mammals could now do. The full artist's reconstruction ...

Animal owners have been urged to be vigilant after the first case of bird flu in a sheep was detected on a British farm.

In a study in the journal Science, McKnight and his colleagues report they may have found the answer: Seals can directly ...