Tag: Mammals
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Nation & World
Study challenges accepted notion of mammal spine evolution
A new Harvard study challenges the accepted notion of mammal spine evolution
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Nation & World
Largest set of mammalian genomes reveals species at risk of extinction
A team of researchers analyzed and compared the genomes of more than 80 percent of all mammalian families, which captures mammalian diversity at an unprecedented scale.
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Nation & World
A second look at evolution
Researchers find clues to evolution in the intricate mammalian vertebral column.
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Nation & World
How mammals grew diverse
Using a detailed, musculoskeletal model of an echidna forelimb, Harvard scientists are not only shedding light on how the little-studied echidna’s forelimbs work, but also opening a window into understanding how extinct mammals might have used those limbs.
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Nation & World
Breaking down backbones
Harvard scientists are using the fossil record and a close examination of the vertebrae of thousands of modern animals to understand how and when specialized regions in the spines of mammals developed.
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Nation & World
Cancer vaccine success
A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists report this week (Nov. 25) in the journal Science Translational Medicine.