Imagine a world where furry mammals scuttle under the feet of gigantic dinosaurs, not yet destined to rule the Earth. It’s a mind-bending thought: the creatures we call mammals, including humans ...

Mammals’ noses come from reptiles’ jaws Evolutionary development of facial bones studied in embryos and fossils Date: November 1, 2021 Source: ...

In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and ...

The story of how us humans—and other mammals—got our noses may have just gotten more complicated. This is the conclusion of a new study by researchers from Japan who have studied how the face ...

Mammals were pretty much just as hot 66 million years ago, and reptiles just as cool, meaning the fungal bloom right after the K-Pg would have been a much worse time for them than it was for us.

Can alligators learn? If you questioned this decades ago the answer would be an emphatic, “No.” Reptiles only obey their instincts, genes rule brains. Modern research, however, has begun to ...

The analysis included 341 species, including 234 modern mammals, reptiles, birds, and amphibians, as well as 64 prehistoric species that included close relatives of early mammals.

Early mammals were small, strictly nocturnal, ... The first mammal-like animals emerged alongside dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Era, aptly known as “the Age of Reptiles.” ...

In The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles, a book on reptile socialization published in 2021, researchers detail how reptiles can show wide variations in social behavior between different species. While ...

Humans have been long fascinated by bird song and the cacophony of other avian sounds — from coos and honks to quacks and peeps. But little is known about how the unique vocal organ of birds — the ...