Monash University scientists have challenged the conventional wisdom that biological patterns are explained by physical constraints. In a study published today in Science, the researchers present ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...

The ability of bats to withstand viral infections, resist cancer, and live long lives makes them an important animal to study to uncover novel pathways for human therapeutics. Bats have been maligned ...

The animal microbiome has emerged as a key determinant of health, welfare, productivity, and resilience across diverse animal production systems. Beyond its ...

Animal developmental and reproductive biology encompasses the cellular, molecular and tissue-level events that transform a single fertilised cell into a fully formed adult capable of reproduction. Key ...

Animal cell and molecular biology examines how cells are built, how they process information and energy, and how they respond to their physical and chemical environments. At its heart is the cell ...

Read on for some chilling curiosities from the creatures of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Mike Bock Warning: The following animal facts are extremely creepy and ...

The term hormone was first introduced by British physiologist Ernest Starling in nineteen-oh-five, marking a significant ...

When a pregnant elephant goes into labor, other females gather around her in ways that suggest something far beyond instinct.

NASA announces the award of 10 grants or cooperative agreements for exciting new Space Biology research that will advance NASA’s understanding of how living systems respond, acclimate, and adapt to ...

As much as 6 percent of people are intersex, having chromosomes, gonads, and/or genitals that do not fit neatly into a male or female category. For this and other reasons, human biology is not binary.