To understand the origins of multicelled life, researchers are studying a motley assortment of simpler animal relatives. The ...

For the first time, researchers have published a complete diagram of 50 million connections in an adult fruit flies brain. The journal Nature simultaneously published nine papers related to this ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for ...

Make sure you’ve got a pen and paper handy to take some notes or draw a diagram. And remember ... a similar organisational structure to animals: cells, tissues, organs and organ systems ...

The images below each show a scene as viewed by a human. Drag the slider to the left to see how an animal would see the same scene. Whereas human eyes contain three types of colour-detecting cells, ...

Research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) suggests that many people already have immune cells on "stand by" to fight the H5N1 virus, also known as highly pathogenic ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for ...

Scientists have achieved a milestone by creating the first complete wiring diagram of an adult fruit fly brain, featuring all ...

Researchers map the whole brain of Drosophila melanogaster, or the fruit fly, which comprises about 140,000 neurons and over ...

Okja." Since cinema’s inception, animal movies have held a special place in the hearts of viewers, captivating us with tales of loyalty and adventure, intimating the unspeakable bond between ...

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China tiger, Panthera tigris ...

Around 10 million animals die from animal abuse, neglect or cruelty every year in the U.S. Cruelty and abuse to animals is correlated to domestic violence and other abuse toward humans.