BEIJING -- The early mammals that lived alongside dinosaurs over 150 million years ago likely had dark, dusky brown fur, helping them blend into the night and evade predators. A collaborative team ...

A Maltipoo is a cross between a Maltese and a Poodle, and as with most Poodle crosses, they've got quite a bit of fur. If you don't manage it well, a Poodle cross's fur can quickly become matted ...

dark fur. This suggests a nocturnal existence was ubiquitous for Mesozoic mammals and their relatives, regardless of their ecological role. “I think this is the first good evidence that we have ...

Most modern small, nocturnal mammals, such as moles and voles, have dark fur and are uniform in color. It makes it hard for predators, such as owls, to see them. The team suggests that after the ...