Stephen Lewis Detail from the color plate of the bridled weasel, also known as the long-tailed weasel, from Audubon’s book of mammals. Stephen Lewis Detail from the color plate of John James ...

The book also introduces readers to prehistoric mustelids, a family of carnivores that includes weasels, badgers and wolverines. These ancient mammals were far larger than their modern relatives.

Indeed, the earliest mammal we are currently aware of is the Brasilodon quadrangularis – a diminutive critter described as ...

After a 15-year hiatus from art, Eggers has returned to the drawing board with the whimsical new book Ungrateful Mammals. In the book he pairs his sketches with quotations plucked from Bible ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

Early mammals had dark inconspicuous fur and only came out at night until dinosaurs became extinct, scientists believe. A study of colouration of mammals that lived in the Mesozoic era – around ...

The books offers a captivating journey into the world of avian courtship.