March 19 (UPI) --Mammals boast an unprecedented diversity of forelimbs, allowing mammalian species to adopt a variety of lifestyles and adapt to a wide range of habitats. According to a new study, the ...

Bats fly, whales swim, gibbons swing from tree to tree, horses gallop, and humans swipe on their phones--the different habitats and lifestyles of mammals rely on our unique forelimbs. No other group ...

Researchers report the evolutionary origins of morphological diversity in mammal forelimbs. Mammals exhibit diverse forelimb structures that reflect a range of ecological, behavioral, and locomotor ...

Therapsids, the ancient relatives of mammals, once roamed Earth in great numbers during the middle to late Permian period. These land-dwelling creatures would later evolve into mammals, but their ...