A discovery about the dark fur of early mammals confirms long-held theories about their evolutionary and ecological behavior.

The early mammals that lived alongside the dinosaurs upwards of 150 million years ago (mya) were likely covered in dark and dusky greyish-brown fur, according to a quantitative reconstruction of ...

Dinosaurs have captured people's imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by ...

Ancient mammals that lived in the time of dinosaurs were mostly the same dark-brown colour, according to a new study ...

Discover the first dinosaur tracks found in South Africa’s Western Cape, revealing 140-million-year-old footprints from ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by ...

(C. Zhao) "It's long been the assumption that Mesozoic mammaliaforms were nocturnal, hiding in the dark to avoid being devoured by the many predatory dinosaurs and other animals would have ...

"It is much larger than other known Mesozoic scorpions. It is considered as a secondary or tertiary consumer in the Jehol Biota food web and was a natural predator for many small animals and could ...