There exists a unique group of animals that defy this conventional understanding. These creatures have no physical brain as we know it, but they still... Use precise geolocation data and actively ...

Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

Scientists home in on the brain’s evolutionary origins by sorting out the animals without brains. Sponges have no neurons, so they are easy to discount, and while the more sophisticated jellyfish and ...

It's not unusual for animals like bears to build their body mass ... the poor ol' Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) has no desire to waste precious months catching Zs beneath the snow drifts.

Researchers showed that only the right-brain side of the amygdala is involved in processing images of animals—in terms or fear, aversion, or affection—highlighting the importance animals throughout ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

The right brain is so brilliant that the left brain has no way to explain it ... “The aim [of embracing your animal brain] is to be this self-aware and steady in yourself more and more of ...

We would no longer be restricted ... in terms of brain functionality. They are incredibly intelligent – they are the smartest animals on the planet. I truly believe that the world needs it ...

Each animal underwent a complete necropsy. Gross pathological findings were not remarkable; no notable macroscopic lesions were observed in the brain of any animal. Protocol-required tissues and ...