Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food and shelter.

Life looked different after an asteroid crashed into the planet around 66 million years ago. The dinosaurs died out, the arboreal mammals declined, and the terrestrial mammals thrived. The traditional ...

This is the Hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur) skeleton of Edmontosaurus. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 5, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by ...

Although they came into their own only after the extinction of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, mammals had maintained a low-profile existence for some 150 million years before that.

The research provides significant new insights into the diverse vocal ... Mammals Were Adapting from Life in the Trees to Living on the Ground Before Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Apr. 1, 2025 ...

What features distinguish primates from other mammals? This question is of central importance to Biological Anthropology - the study of primate adaptation and evolution. In addition to having ...