Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

How much does it matter where you are born, or whether you are heavy or light, if you are a house sparrow? Researcher Kenneth ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

For decades, the story seemed settled: one early human species left Africa and spread across the world. But a new study ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

Wild bears are becoming increasingly friendly and less aggressive - much like Baloo in The Jungle Book - according to a new ...

It's considered one of the most decisive steps in human evolution. Now, scientists believe they have pinpointed when our ...

The classification of one of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever discovered, the skeleton known as Little Foot, has been called into question by an international research team led from La ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...