What do horses, armadillos, sloths, and tapirs all have in common? They're all animals, sure. They're all mammals, too. But ...

Several of the horses listed are part of the Museum's collection; The rest are displayed or stored at other institutions. The following facts have been compiled from the files of the Division of ...

The teeth of horses and zebras look alike. The ear bones of mammals were once the jaws of prehistoric reptiles. And so on. Despite these differences, all mammals share four traits that are shown ...

Few mammals match horses in aerobic performance. Muscle tissue in thoroughbreds consumes oxygen at rates exceeding 360 liters per minute. Oxygen uptake per unit of body mass is more than twice ...

A view from the Sofular excavation site showing fossil distribution within a sandstone layer composed of reworked volcanic material. This deposit overlies a lapilli tuff layer dated to 8.42 million ...