The study provides new insights into the functions of ancestral cortices but also raises fundamental questions about how and ...

Scientists have completed the most detailed map ever made of an adult animal brain by charting every cell and connection in a ...

You see a woman on the street who looks familiar—but you can’t remember how you know her. Your brain cannot attach any previous experiences to this person. Hours later, you suddenly recall the party ...

Just like stress messes with our brains, research shows that it can also warp the brains of animals. In fact, a new study published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience aims to show just how much ...

We’re going to take a closer look at brains, how animals use them, and how some animals have even evolved to lose them! It turns out a brain (and intelligence more broadly) isn’t easy to define, but ...

The great tit (Parus major) is the picture-perfect garden bird. With its colorful feathers and melodic, two-note whistle, it is a beloved visitor to backyards across Europe. However, its “cute” ...

It may seem impossible for an animal to live without a brain, but these creatures have developed ways to adapt and thrive. It might sound strange, but these animals have evolved in such a way that ...