Scientists have long wondered why some mammals live dramatically longer than others. While humans can reach ages beyond a century, certain whales surpass two centuries, and elephants easily live ...

A joint research team has discovered a fossil belonging to a previously unknown genus and species of mammal in the Late Cretaceous (100–66 million-year-old) strata of Mongolia's Gobi Desert.

The new research could upend what’s known of the evolution of the most primitive mammals alive today ... the fossil had characteristics of the semiaquatic platypus: a thicker bone wall and ...

The genomes of long-living, big-brained mammal species reveal that they carry more copies of immunity genes. Experts ...

Surprising similarities: Researchers used high-resolution accelerometer data to track behavioral sequences in three wild mammals: hyenas, meerkats, coatis. Unexpected patterns: Scientists have ...

We naked apes need Band-Aids, but shedding the fur that speeds healing in other mammals may have helped us evolve other abilities. By Elizabeth Preston Watching wild baboons in Kenya, Akiko ...

Fossil claw prints found in Australia were probably made by the earliest known members of the group that includes reptiles, birds and mammals, according to a study published in Nature today 1.

People who support authoritarianism on either side of the political divide have, according to a new study, something weird going on with their brains. Published in the journal Neuroscience, new ...

Animals in the Arctic and alpine tundra must adapt to cold and harsh conditions. Large Arctic mammals, such as musk ox and caribou, are heavily insulated against the cold and migrate to warmer ...

An asset class is a category of financial instruments with common characteristics and bound by the same regulations. An asset class groups investments that have similar attributes and are subject ...

Abstract: To compete with other types of electrical machines as well as other manufacturers, the performance characteristics of axial-flux permanent-magnet (AFPM) machines should be improved.