The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

Now, a new study from the University of Bristol and China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) claims that global warming caused ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important ...

I f astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had something special to see. The moon and ...

Conserving just 0.7 per cent of the world's land could help protect a third of the threatened four-limbed vertebrate species, ...

Researchers have uncovered a novel mechanism underlying the skeletal reduction and asymmetry of emu wings. Their research ...

Swierk applied a substance to the lizards’ skin that prevented bubble formation. Without air bubbles, the lizards couldn’t ...

One of the most iconic animals in the world is the giant Galapagos tortoise. Known as one of the longest-living vertebrates in the world, these animals are magnificent and awe-inspiring. If only they ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by ...

The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical ...

Not only are the lizards able to stay underwater for an extended period of time, they do so by creating air bubbles on their snouts that they “rebreathe,” Swierk said in a study published Sept. 18 in ...