Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do.

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...

As seals dive more frequently—and for longer—than humans do, the range of carbon dioxide in their bodies varies more widely.

As animals experience new things, the connections between neurons, called synapses, strengthen or weaken in response to ...

Cher Ami is credited with saving the lives of 194 members of Whittlesey’s “Lost Battalion.” He became known as a war hero in ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

“It all started from an accidental observation,” says Li Zhang, a systems neuroscientist at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). While conducting laboratory ...

“Avoiding seed oils is one of the dumbest biohacks out there,” Spano says. “There is no evidence that seed oils are harmful. In fact, replacing a diet high in saturated fat with seed oils that contain ...