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An innovative imaging technique that can reveal soft tissue structures in fossils sheds light on the adaptations behind the evolutionary success of early flying vertebrates.

Midbrain regions dedicated to sound processing can encode behavioral information without input from the auditory cortex.

A study of livestock abortion surveillance in Tanzania reveals a practical method for improving animal health in areas with limited resources.

A new method for studying how mice react to sounds that they associate with a painful stimulus allows researchers to study more complex fear responses.

Families of Mongolian gerbils communicate using different vocal patterns, which may help individuals identify their relatives.

Tissues routinely discarded after human births may be converted into treatments that help reduce post-surgical pain.

A combination of DNA sampling and fossils have allowed researchers to study how environmental changes impacted the evolutionary history of Belidae beetles.

Bull ants use the patterns created when moonlight is polarised by the atmosphere to navigate back to their nests at night.