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The Extreme Mammal Hall of Fame

The biggest (and smallest) and baddest (and cutest) mammals went on display Saturday in the new “Extreme Mammals” exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Stretching across...

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Sense of Smell Drove Mammal Brains’ Growth

By Yun Xie, Ars Technica Mammals have the largest brains relative to body size out of all the organisms on Earth. In addition, only mammals have a neocortex, the outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres...

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How to Have Fun Like Monkeys, Whales and Foxes

If you want to know how song changes the shape of a finch's brain, science can help. But what if you want to know how that singing bird feels? It's a scientifically uncertain and even controversial...

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11 Animal Wonders of Evolution

See Also: What’s Old Is New: 12 Living Fossils ‘Living Fossil’ Ant Species Dates to Late Cretaceous Repost: The Pelican’s Beak – Success and Evolutionary Stasis The Extreme Mammal Hall of Fame

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Wild Close-Ups of Rare Mammals From Huge Camera-Trap Study

Citation: “Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network.” By Jorge A. Ahumada, Carlos E. F. Silva, Krisna Gajapersad, Chris Hallam, Johanna...

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Still a Wild World: Top New Animals of 2011

Even though 7 billion people live in Earth's every corner, and several centuries of scientists have catalogued its natural wonders, unknown creatures continue to be found.

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Speed Limits on the Evolution of Enormousness

If you've ever wondered whether mammalian evolution has a speed limit, here's a number for you: 24 million generations.

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After the Dinosaurs Died This Furball Started the Next Big Thing

From the chaotic aftermath of a massive asteroid impact sprang the mother of all placental mammals -- the most recent common ancestor of everything from monkeys to whales to sloths. Not until at least...

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