Research Briefs (7)
20 February 2013
Large herbivores help to combat the effects of climate change, a new study has shown.
Large, plant-eating mammals such as…
13 February 2013
Placental mammals like elephants, bats and humans evolved from small, insect-eating mammals, a study led by Stony Brook University…
5 October 2012
It takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve into an elephant-sized animal, but only two million generations…
1 June 2012
Changes to just three genetic “letters” among billions is said to have contributed to the evolution and development of mammalian…
1 February 2012
It takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant.
Research just published has…
21 September 2011
Producing milk to feed babies is normally the domain of mammals, including humans. But it has been discovered that the pigeon…
24 August 2011
Animals are migrating further than previously thought, and it’s all because of global warming.
Birds, mammals, insects…
