Have you ever looked into the mirror and wondered just how deeply your roots stretch back in the tree of life? It might ...

A recent series of studies suggests that the brains of birds, reptiles and mammals all evolved independently — even though ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

From a cubic millimeter of tissue, scientists constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, detailing ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

University of Geneva is successfully participating in the prestigious ERC (European Research Council) grants scheme which encourages high-level, creative, fundamental research in all scientific ...

SHENZHEN -- Chinese scientists have, for the first time, confirmed the existence of microglia in the peripheral nervous ...

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Prof. Li Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

“First, as top predators, vertebrates require specific ecological conditions, including sufficient prey populations,” the authors write. “Second, vertebrates may face significant challenges ...