Mammal bones, especially skulls ... Despite these differences, all mammals share four traits that are shown in the diagram below: hair, mammary glands, a hinged jaw, and three tiny middle ear ...

Scientists are studying the 60-million-year-old remains of a very very early resident of New Mexico. “This was a tree ...

Inside a metal vault here in rural Vietnam is a creature believed to be the most trafficked mammal in the world. No sounds come from its cage. No squeaks or howls. A padlocked door creaks open to ...

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which he called traits, were passed down to successive generations. Mendel speculated that the cells that made up the pea plants contained material that carried the information about these traits ...

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Learn how one company’s effort to bring back the Ice Age creature from extinction takes a key first step.

“That is a really important result for people to be aware of, especially those who are using those kinds of traits in their models.” Then, there are the ramifications for wildlife itself.