Deer, elk, and moose infected with chronic wasting disease can spread the fatal brain illness to other animals long before ...

A specialized model used by researchers is becoming a valuable tool for studying human brain development, diseases and potential treatments, according to a team of scientists at Rutgers University-New ...

It might sound strange, but these animals have evolved in such a way that they don’t need a brain to survive. Instead, they rely on other systems within their bodies to perform basic functions like ...

Scientists studying brain aging have turned to an unexpected research partner living right in our homes. What they discovered ...

To understand the full relationship between brain activity and behavior, scientists have needed a way to map this relationship for all of the neurons across a whole brain—a so far insurmountable ...

The animal world is full of different types of intelligence, from the simple bodily coordination of jellyfish to the navigation abilities of bees, the complex songs of birds and the imaginative ...

We recently hosted a sweet-tempered Schnauzer-Poodle mix in our home while the dog’s primary guardian was out of town. For several weeks, this dog kept me company and initiated interactions with me ...

Researchers model and map how neurons across the tiny brain of a C. elegans worm encode its behaviors, revealing many new insights about the robustness and flexibility of its nervous system. To ...