In most developing tissues, signals called morphogens act like lighthouses, guiding nearby cells toward their fate and ...

Aging brings about a range of changes—often unwelcome—to our bodies: sagging skin, graying or thinning hair, and a decline in muscle strength and ...

Animal experiments in the UK peaked at 4.14 million in 2015 driven mainly by a big increase at the time in genetic modification experiments. By 2020, the number had fallen sharply to 2.88 million as ...

Many animals exhibit distinct traits of shyness, risk aversion, and caution as opposed to boldness and fearlessness. While these traits aren’t necessarily positive or negative, in certain contexts, ...

The Hippo signaling pathway that helps control tissue size in animals and malfunctions in cancers already existed before ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ruth Ley and her colleagues demonstrated that behavior—in this case, how ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, ...

Millions of animals used in the UK labourites for testing chemicals, medicines and cosmetics could soon see end to their ...

Scientists discover a rare genetic quirk that may extend the age of onset in people with Huntington’s disease by boosting ...