Recent research indicates a link between an animal’s gut bacteria and brain function. This may be true in humans, too.
From the eerie croak of a tropical frog to the haunting call of the howler monkey, the animal kingdom is filled with some ...
Working with 10 mice, they monitored roughly 8,000 neurons in the primary visual cortex of each animal while the mice watched ...
Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...
Paraxanthine, a compound the body naturally produces when it breaks down caffeine, is starting to appear in energy drinks and ...
Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments ...
One of the hottest classes of drugs in the world owes part of its origin story to a weird desert lizard with a venomous bite ...
New research suggests that setting rescued slow lorises "free" is actually a stressful and perilous process that few animals survive.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Vanda) (Nasdaq: VNDA), a leader in innovative drug development and a vocal advocate for reducing ...
The first lab-grown oesophagus has been engineered by scientists from a pig and could be transplanted into babies within five ...
The Alexandria Lions held its annual mid-winter Bingo Fundraiser on Feb. 12 at the Alexandria VFW and it was a success. “Our ...
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya launched a new bi-monthly “Scientific Freedom Lecture” series with a ...