Horse Remains Reveal New Insights Into How Native Peoples Raised Horses
A new analysis of a horse previously believed to be from the Ice Age shows that the animal actually died just a few hundred years ago--and was raised, ridden and cared for by Native peoples.
Women Influenced Coevolution of Dogs and Humans
In a cross-cultural analysis, Washington State University researchers found several factors may have played a role in building the mutually beneficial relationship between humans and dogs, including temperature, hunting and surprisingly - gender.
Ancient DNA Reveals Secrets of Dire Wolves
Extinct dire wolves split off from other wolves nearly six million years ago and were only a distant relative of today's wolves.
Sharing Leftover Meat May Have Contributed to Early Dog Domestication
Humans feeding leftover lean meat to wolves during harsh winters may have had a role in the early domestication of dogs, towards the end of the last ice age (14,000 to 29,000 years ago).
Research Explains Why Crocodiles Changed so Little Since Age of Dinosaurs
New research by scientists at the University of Bristol explains how a 'stop-start' pattern of evolution, governed by environmental change, could explain why crocodiles have changed so little since the age of the dinosaurs.
How Earth’s Oddest Mammal Got to be so Bizarre
Often considered the world's oddest mammal, Australia's beaver-like, duck-billed platypus exhibits an array of bizarre characteristics: it lays eggs instead of giving birth to live babies, sweats milk, has venomous spurs and is even equipped with 10 sex chromosomes.
Ancient Wolf Pup Mummy Uncovered in Yukon Permafrost
While water blasting at a wall of frozen mud in Yukon, Canada, a gold miner made an extraordinary discovery: a perfectly preserved wolf pup that had been locked in permafrost for 57,000 years.
Mass Extinctions of Land-Dwelling Animals Occur n 27-million-year cycle
Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds, follow a cycle of about 27 million years, coinciding with previously reported mass extinctions of ocean life.
Study Finds 5 Distinct Dog Types From 11,000 Years Ago
An international team of researchers that includes a Texas A&M University professor has studied the lineage of dogs and found that there were at least five different types of dogs as far back as 11,000 years ago.
Cognitive Elements of Language Have Existed for 40 Million Years
Humans are not the only beings that can identify rules in complex language-like constructions - monkeys and great apes can do so, too, a study at the University of Zurich has shown.
Artificial Intelligence Reveals Hundreds of Millions of Trees in the Sahara
If you think that the Sahara is covered only by golden dunes and scorched rocks, you aren't alone. Perhaps it's time to shelve that notion.
DNA Study Reveals Insights About the Scimitar-Toothed Cat
Along with the woolly mammoth and the giant ground sloth, the sabre-toothed cats were probably among the most famous animals that lived during the Pleistocene Epoch and went extinct before the end of last ice age. Over the years, sabre-toothed cats have also been the subject of many research projects.
Seeking Ancient Rainforests Through Modern Mammal Diets
Closed-canopy rainforests are a vital part of the Earth's modern ecosystems, but tropical plants don't preserve well in the fossil record so it is difficult to tell how long these habitats have existed and where rainforests might have once grown.
Crickets Were First to Chirp 300 Million Years Ago
The results show that crickets were the first species to communicate, approximately 300 million years ago.
More Than 90% of Protected Areas Are Disconnected
Ongoing land clearing for agriculture, mining and urbanisation is isolating and disconnecting Earth's protected natural areas from each other, a new study shows.
