Indeed, various animals have developed multiple brain ... a result of their specialized brain anatomy, allowing them to exhibit complex behaviors such as camouflage and quick motion.

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

Woodpeckers endure incredible head impacts without injury, thanks to a unique adaptation. Their extraordinarily long tongue ...

“Service animals” assist people with disabilities ... Not only can neuroscientists image brain anatomy – but the newest scans can measure brain metabolism while human subjects perform ...

While the human brain is exceptional in many ways, the truth is that it has some striking similarities with the brains of many other animals, including fish. Anatomist Neil Shubin dissects a fish ...

A new Medical University of Vienna study involving a team of international partners has been looking at evolution and its relationship with the capabilities of human and animal brain architecture.

For animals like crocodiles, brain matter occupies only 30% to 50% ... is more consistent with previous understandings of dinosaur anatomy and intelligence, he said. “I am delighted to see ...

This was particularly surprising because at least a tenth of the human proteome consists of proteins whose main function is in the brain—some estimates say ... of the novel miRNAs are expressed in the ...

The 180 students per semester who take Domestic Animal Physiology, the foundational anatomy lab in Iowa State University’s animal science department, use the technology to supplement their hands-on ...