A new study demonstrates that even simple single-cell organisms, such as ciliates and amoebae, exhibit habituation, a basic ...

Scientists challenging the problem-solving capacities of rare birds of prey on the Falkland Islands have found them ...

A team of neurologists, bioengineers and radiologists has found that two neurons in the human brain that code for dopamine ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Paleontologists in Brazil unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil of a bird species named Navaornis hestiae, dating back 80 ...

Understanding how human neurons cope with the energy demands of a large, active brain could open up new avenues for treating ...

A fearsome flesh-eating bird from the Phorusrhacid family - known ... Researchers believe it may represent a new species, though it is too fragmentary to confirm this definitively.

This is the experience awaiting you at Jahangirnagar University, the campus that has once again come alive with the chirping of migratory birds as the winter season approaches. A wide variety of ...

When the USDA issued an announcement on Oct. 30 that the worrisome H5N1 bird flu turned up in a pig, I dropped what I was doing to read it. The situation didn’t quite match the nightmare ...

A groundbreaking study from France has brain health experts buzzing about the potential protective effects of your favorite caffeinated beverages against cognitive decline. Scientists tracked 263 ...

New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) medical experts have told military personnel some of its explosives and weapons could cause them brain damage – but its own veteran support agency has not yet ...