Researchers have recently employed MRI technology to examine the brains of Nile crocodiles, unveiling new insights into brain evolution and how mammals and birds developed ...

The ability to detect vocal sounds, and the more specialized skill of recognizing calls from one's own species, is supported by evolutionarily ancient brain mechanisms, according to a new study from ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

The brain is a particularly perishable organ. Within minutes of losing its supply of blood and oxygen, the delicate neurological machinery begins to suffer irreversible damage. The brain is the most ...

When an ancient Roman resident of the coastal city Herculaneum was struck down by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, what happened to his brain became a scientific sensation. Plaster body casts of ...