Researchers from the University of Konstanz have studied how insect brains take in complex light stimuli and process them in ...

Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its ...

Noida: A 29-year-old man has recovered from a rare, life-threatening insect-borne brain infection after doctors in Noida ...

Mosquitoes are often called the most dangerous animals on Earth because of the diseases they spread. Fredros Okumu studies these insects with one goal: reduce their populations and limit their impact.

Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore ...

have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously -- without wires, surgery, or stress-inducing electrical shocks. The system uses a small ultraviolet (UV) light helmet to steer ...

Baby sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning. Domoic acid events are naturally-occurring in the ocean; exacerbated by ...

A new Nature Communications study has tracked these lulls in cassiopea jellyfish, which belong to a 500 million year-old ...

Imagine a predator that doesn’t just kill its prey, but performs a high-stakes “brain surgery” to turn it into a willing ...

Thanks to exceptional loans, an innovative and thought-provoking exhibition in Paris explores how sleep has inspired painters ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...