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Whereas many primates track moving objects using eye movements, smaller animals such as mice use a different strategy.

A review of nearly 200 local studies reveals the most common blood fat imbalance in Latin America and the Caribbean, paving the way for custom regional health policies.

A new computational microscopy technique could make it easier to study live cells and human tissues without using fluorescent labels.

In the larvae of fruit flies, the protein Collier helps muscles get their structure and identity.

A protein called RAB23 regulates two signaling pathways that help bones in the skulls of developing mice grow and fuse together.

New work sheds light on the molecular signals that help mobile DNA elements spread in bacteria.

Data on chloroquine overdoses provide an estimate of the maximal dosage that can be used before potential lethal toxicity outweighs prospective benefits.

The hippocampus has three independent generators of theta rhythms, which coordinate their activity to help support cognitive processing.