In a major brain science breakthrough, New Orleans-based researchers and collaborators have discovered a nerve signaling ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

The safety tests that the government says will no longer use animals by the end of this year include the practice of giving ...

When we focus only on the most obvious clinical sign or lesion, we risk missing the broader forces shaping cattle health.

Cancer research, drug safety testing and aging biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at ...

Some animals seem to defy the rules of aging. Understanding how they do it could help us live longer, healthier lives.

Most animals follow a predictable biological script. They grow, reproduce, wear out, and then die. But a few species have missed that memo entirely. They regenerate lost body parts, halt aging, ...

There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These often large, lacy fronds lend ...

A mini-peptide has been created that delays the early damage caused by Parkinson's disease and promises a way to slow down ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...