The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, ...

Scientists at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf and the University of Udine have detected the uptake of nanoplastics in farm animal cell cultures. The results provide ...

From tiger stripes to leopard spots, the animal world is full of distinctive and intricate patterns. In a new study, CU ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can ...

Grid cells are a class of specialized neurons in a brain region called the entorhinal cortex, which is known to support ...

However, computer simulations based on Turing’s idea created spots that were blurrier than those found in nature. In 2023, ...

RFK Jr.’s moves to limit animal testing in drug trials could pull animal rights voters into the Republican camp, experts say.

Every life must have an end, yet some species stretch that limit farther than we ever thought possible. Scientists have found ...

The human body has good reason for its tighter controls. Cells that multiply unchecked are the roots of cancer. “Our hope is ...

This frog manages to outlast the winter by building up a glycerol-based "antifreeze" compound that safeguards its cells during icy weather. Its exterior still freezes over, and its heartbeat and ...

Imperfections in animal patterns could inspire adaptive materials that shift color, shape, and function like nature itself.

Despite their wide variety of sizes, niches and shapes, sharks scale geometrically, pointing to possible fundamental ...