The world’s oldest mammal has been identified using fossil dental records – predating the previously confirmed earliest mammal by about 20 million years – in a new discovery hailed as ...

A tiny animal called Brasilodon quadrangularis is the world's oldest known mammal – with records dating back 225 million years – a new study says.

The short-tailed shrew differs from other Adirondack shrews in having a blunter snout, a shorter tail that is less than 25% of the total length, a heavier more cylindrical body, and fleshy feet.

It has the body of a mouse, the snout of an anteater, and the poor vision of a mole, and it’s creating tunnels and holes in your lawn. I’m talking, of course, about the shrew. This tiny mammal doesn’t ...

Tooth Rings in Fossilized Teeth Can Tell Us How Ancient Mammals Grew Scientists pioneer a way to use high-powered X-rays to reconstruct the developmental biology of mammals from 200 million years ago.

Scientists found tiny fossil teeth of an "ice mouse" or shrew-like rodent that lived among dinosaurs in the Arctic Circle around 73 million years ago.

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Key Takeaways on the First Mammal According to most experts, the first mammal was Morganucodon, a small, shrew-like rodent that appeared during the Jurassic Period, approximately 200 million years ...

Paleontologists have identified the earliest known mammal – a small shrew-like animal that lived about 225 million years ago. The species, known as Brasilodon, had previously been categorized ...

The shrew-like creature was around 8 inches long with two sets of teeth and walked among some of the oldest dinosaurs.