Picture a mouse taking rapid, staccato sniffs of a crumb it's found while foraging for food. Now compare that with a human, ...

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...

A new analysis of fossils suggests Homo floresiensis may have survived by scavenging Komodo dragon kills rather than hunting ...

Summary: Researchers reveal a deeply unified mammalian brain blueprint for olfaction. By tracking free-roaming mice with high-velocity robotic cameras and recording directly from the olfactory bulbs ...

Picture a mouse taking rapid, staccato sniffs of a crumb it's found while foraging for food. Now compare that with a human leaning in for a single, deep inhale to gauge whether a cantaloupe is ripe.

A group of orcas in the waters off Baja California Sur has been filmed killing whale sharks, the largest fish species on ...

The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states have reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers over allegations of that the companies illegally colluded in a multiyear scheme to raises ...

Line up the brains of a fish, bird and a mammal, and something unexpected comes up. You do not see three different answers to the problem of making sense of the world. You see one answer, tilted three ...

These social animals manage friendships, grudges, alliances, family politics, and power struggles that feel surprisingly ...

A widely used antidepressant, sertraline, is now being detected in the brains of hammerhead sharks off the coast of Rio de ...

Due to tinder-dry conditions and concerns of wildfire risks, Utah wildlife officials announced firearm target shooting has been temporarily restricted within wildlife management areas in 16 counties ...

The troubled King County Regional Homeless Authority is being significantly restructured, with the city of Seattle and King County taking back control of programs to house ...