Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research using zebrafish shows how environmental changes can improve social behavior in autism spectrum disorders. (CREDIT: ...

When she arrived in Beijing as a new university student, Prof. Yu-Ying He was struck by the contrast to the rural area where she grew up, and especially the amount of pollution in the air, a major ...

When we talk about saving the planet, the focus is often on technology, new policies, or big investments. While these matter, one factor often overlooked is human behaviour – what people do every day ...

An international team of researchers led by King's College London has identified genetic factors that may make some individuals more or less sensitive to the environments they experience. Published in ...

In 1967 Sigi Levine and Victor Denenberg made what seemed like minor observations. They noted that rat pups, when briefly stroked with a paintbrush during the first seven days of their lives ...

This study aimed to identify whether early-life conditions in broiler chickens could affect their behavior and welfare, and whether or not this was associated with an altered gut microbiome ...

The public has expressed growing concern for the well-being of fishes, including popular pet species such as the Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens). In captivity, male Bettas behave aggressively, ...