Evolutionary trends observed over large clades have the potential to mask underlying trends that occur within their constituent subclades. A recent study of encephalization in the Caniformia ...

There’s a reason why not all species can do calculus. A new model species offers insight into why. It’s not easy being smart. Oscar Wilde once lamented: “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t ...

Explore the marsupial placental dichotomy and how it influences mammalian brain size evolution and metabolic relationships. The evolution of mammalian brain size is directly linked with the evolution ...