Ottawa, February, 19, 2014—In the world of science, one of the most exciting things a researcher can do is pin down an answer to a widely asked question. This experience came early for Carleton ...

Pinnipeds -- a group including seals, sea lions and walruses -- are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their ...

New crania, dentitions, and postcrania of the fossil pinniped, Proneotherium repenningi are described from the early to middle Miocene-age Astoria Formation of Lincoln County, Oregon. This sample ...

North America’s seals are rebounding exponentially, as detailed in Alix Morris’s newly released book, A Year with the Seals. The tale highlights 61,000 harbor seals on the east coast and 400,000 grey ...

Source: Kitty Terwolbeck, via Wikimedia Commons. Whiskers aren’t just decorative. Whisker touch is an active sensory system. Most mammals have whiskers and a few, like rats and shrews, are whisker ...