Animals display an extraordinary array of structural adaptations that are intimately linked to their functional capacities. From the microscopic organisation of tissues and cells to the macroscopic ...

The prefrontal cortex region of the human brain is responsible for a range of complex functions from decision-making to certain types of memory. When something goes wrong in this part of the brain, it ...

Spotlighting unique adaptive features, Garland profiles fish, fowl, insects, and mammals whose “special body parts” help them “survive and thrive” just like any other animal that needs “food, air, and ...

Bat boxes originally meant to keep the small mammals warm during the winter months could just as easily become their deathbeds during the summer. Researchers from the University of New England did a ...

Cells expressing PAX8 (nucleus, red) considered podocyte precursors, line the outer Bowman’s capsule. Activated during the low salt-fasting mimicking diet (LS-FMD), the cells migrate and ...

The limbic system helps regulate emotional and social processing, as well as learning, motivation, and memory. It consists of structures that lie beneath the outer, wrinkly part of the brain and above ...