"These extinct early mammals had distinct lifestyles, ranging from ground-dwelling and burrowing to gliding through the ...

The early mammals living alongside the dinosaurs might have all had dark-coloured fur. Living a nocturnal lifestyle, the animals’ colours would have helped them blend into the night. Dark brown was in ...

The early mammals that lived alongside the dinosaurs upwards of 150 million years ago (mya) were likely covered in dark and dusky greyish-brown fur ...

Photo from Martin, Kilburn, Charette and Miller (2025) Spix’s disc-winged bats normally have “dark brown fur” with some “reddish brown” patches and a lighter underside, but this bat had ...

Sables are luxurious little animals. These fur-bearing mammals, native to the forests of Eurasia, have sandy yellow, light brown, dark brown and black coats, which are valuable commodities in the ...

Most of the fur on the otters’ bodies is dark brown. Their faces and necks are a lighter brown with light brown to grey fur on their bellies. Like many mammals, otters have two layers of fur. They ...