A breakthrough experiment from China’s space program has revealed unprecedented insights into the possibilities of mammalian ...
A small brown mouse has just done something no mammal has ever done before: give birth on Earth after spending part of its ...
One of the most debated hypotheses in evolutionary biology received new support today, thanks to a study by a scientist at the University of Nevada, Reno. Elissa Cameron, a mammal ecologist in the ...
Which group of mammals has the more 'primitive' reproductive strategy -- marsupials, with their short gestation periods, or humans and other placental mammals, which have long gestation periods? For ...
Why do lifespans vary across different species? A female elephant can live up to 80 years, but usually only has a few calves during her lifetime. A mouse, on the other hand, lives for a few years at ...