One of the great mysteries of the monkeypox virus has been pinpointing its ‘reservoir’ hosts — the animals that carry and ...

When Africa floated off, it carried these animals away to evolve on their ... "The key to survival was to be small." Mammals fit that profile. They suddenly found themselves in a world without ...

Some species, like the South African galago, hang out in acacia ... Some of the larger galago species will even hunt small animals, such as frogs and birds. Many galago species look so similar ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

Mammals live all across ... Omnivores – Animals which eat both plants and meat. Foxes are an example of an omnivorous mammal. Rodent – A small mammal with a pair of long front teeth used ...

Descended from more archaic relatives, the early true mammals were mainly small insect-eating creatures ... and flying mammals (bats), as well as rodents and primates. This sudden expansion ...