An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of all mammals. The reconstructed ancestral genome could help in understanding the evolution of mammals ...

In lists of the most popular dog breeds and most popular cat breeds, you’ll often find flat-faced, or brachycephalic, animals. Among the most well-known brachycephalic dogs are pugs and French ...

This study is led by Prof. Huabin Zhao (College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University). The origins of powered flight and laryngeal echolocation in bats are widely cited as evidence that ancestral bats ...

From the small ossicones of a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a moose, all these distinct headgears evolved from the same ancestor but are dramatically different in size and shape due to ...

Every mammal that is found on our planet is descended from one common ancestor, thought to have lived around 180 million years ago. Although there is a lot we do not yet know about this animal, ...