• Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 23rd, 2015
There Would Be Rhinos Living in Europe If It Weren't for Us Humans

There Would Be Rhinos Living in Europe If It Weren't for Us Humans

Also elephants, giraffes and plenty of other creatures

Watch: Why We Grow Baby Teeth, as Explained by Science

Watch: Why We Grow Baby Teeth, as Explained by Science

We humans get baby teeth before we finally welcome our permanent chompers, science video explains why this is

240-Million-Year-Old Parasite Egg Is Smaller than a Grain of Sand

240-Million-Year-Old Parasite Egg Is Smaller than a Grain of Sand

The parasite eggs was found in a piece of fossilized dung, researchers say it was left behind by a pinworm

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 14th, 2014
Echolocation in Whales Evolved 28 Million Years Ago

Echolocation in Whales Evolved 28 Million Years Ago

This date is significantly earlier than researchers first estimated

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 11th, 2014
Elephants Can Tell Which Humans Are a Threat

Elephants Can Tell Which Humans Are a Threat

They are able to recognize the voices of potential enemies

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 27th, 2014
Early Limbed Vertebrates Still Fed Underwater

Early Limbed Vertebrates Still Fed Underwater

New study focuses on the intricacies of tetrapod jaw mechanics

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 14th, 2014
Ancient Marine Reptiles Gave Birth like Mammals, on Land

Ancient Marine Reptiles Gave Birth like Mammals, on Land

The finding sheds more light on the evolution of Triassic-era reptiles

Humans May Be Causing the Sixth Extinction

Humans May Be Causing the Sixth Extinction

Scientists say we may have similar effects on Earth as asteroids

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 15th, 2014
Mammals and Dinosaurs Once Shared the Earth

Mammals and Dinosaurs Once Shared the Earth

Previous studies indicated mammals had appeared only after dinosaurs died off

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 5th, 2013
Ancient Giant Platypus Discovered in Australia

Ancient Giant Platypus Discovered in Australia

The finding is based on a single tooth from the extinct species

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 2nd, 2013
Climate Change Will Make Mammals Smaller

Climate Change Will Make Mammals Smaller

Experts found that this has already happened twice

320,000 Undocumented Species of Viruses Are Lurking in Mammals Worldwide

320,000 Undocumented Species of Viruses Are Lurking in Mammals Worldwide

Identifying them all would cost some $6.3 billion (€4.77 billion)

Bird Brains Are Similar to Our Own, Scientists Argue

Bird Brains Are Similar to Our Own, Scientists Argue

Investigations reveal all people are birdbrained, sort of

  • Health
  • By Cristina Macari
  • November 28th, 2012
Novel Understanding of X Chromosome Activation Revealed

Novel Understanding of X Chromosome Activation Revealed

The cell nucleus recognizes DNA from the inactive X chromosomes, study shows

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 17th, 2012
How Omnivore Mammals Evolved

How Omnivore Mammals Evolved

The animals did not always eat both plants and meat

How Early Mammalian Embryos Develop

How Early Mammalian Embryos Develop

These processes have thus far remained mysterious to scientists

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 23rd, 2011
Antarctic Reveals 200 Cretaceous Fossils

Antarctic Reveals 200 Cretaceous Fossils

A team of researchers returns with an impressive cache

 
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