Gregory Funston News Today

While larger dinosaurs are comparatively well-known, finding smaller species paints a more complete picture of life before the mass extinction

The winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition has been announced with a hidden world on a leaf taking home top prize.

The contest saw scientists going head to head to capture the scientific phenomena present in real life all around us.

Dr Gregory Funston’s analysis of the teeth and bones of a fossil reveals important insights into the success of placental mammal species after dinosaurs.

Kangaroos, koalas and other marsupials are even weirder than we give them credit for.

Following the extinction of the dinosaurs, the size of mammals exploded. A fresh examination of fossils provides clues on how this progresses.

University of Edinburgh-led experts used dental analysis to uncover the life history of Pantolambda bathmodon - a member of the earliest known group of herbivores in the post-dinosaur era.

Fossils reveal how an early mammal got huge using a unique reproductive strategy.

Palaeontology: Early mammals lived fast and died young

Palaeontologists studied growth lines and elements preserved in fossil teeth to reconstruct the day-to-day life of <em>Pantolambda bathmodon</em>