Some marsupials and mammals seem to share similar “guard hair” structures, though they diverged evolutionarily as far back as the Jurassic period. Credit: research paper Small mammals ...

The specimens in this new study date back to the Middle Jurassic–about ... life would have been similar to that of small mammals (like shrews and mice) today,” study co-author and National ...

Small mammals like mice are dependent on trees and fungus for food, but they also give something back by dispersing seeds and ...

King's College London and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre say the mammal was a small shrew-like creature around 8 inches long with two sets of teeth and walked among ...

How did a band of small, insignificant mammals scuffling in the shadows survive ... snatches an insect to eat, and scuttles back to its shelter. All around it are the dead and dying bodies of ...

"We're focused on small mammals because they're a great study ... most stationary organisms can’t colonize new territory, including taking back areas damaged by storms, fire, or human activity.

This new find adds a small mammal to their diet ... mammal would absolutely not have been a human ancestor, we can look back at some of our ancient relatives being a meal for hungry dinosaurs ...

The adult was uncovered back in 1972, the juvenile in 2016. Both were dated to approximately 166 million years ago, a time when the small mammals were living among dinosaurs. Dr. Elsa Panciroli ...