Have you ever wondered why Japanese students excel in academics and problem-solving? It’s not just about studying harder—it’s ...

The brains of animals are the most complex structures on Earth. The human brain contains about eighty six billion nerve cells, or neurons, and an estimated two trillion synaptic connections, where ...

The monkeys offer a tantalizing opportunity for scientists hoping to observe animal behavior as close to the wild as they can get, while also having ready access to the monkeys’ brains ...

The moon is expected to leave the umbra by 3:31 a.m. NASA posted a diagram of when different phases will appear in different time zones on its website. This eclipse means you’ll get to see a ...

They do this to grow and remove parasites. Snakes are exclusively carnivorous, meaning that they only eat other animals — and in some cases, eggs. Their diets range widely. Larger snakes like ...

Keeping track of who’s related to who can get messy, so we study animal relationships using a diagram called a phylogeny or a phylogenetic tree. In a phylogeny, individual species or groups of ...