Jun 21, 2021 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind has...

Nov 17, 2020 by News Staff

Humans, mice, zebrafish, and most likely other animals, share enhancers — DNA regions that help to regulate gene expression and evolve rapidly —...

Nov 8, 2019 by News Staff

A team of researchers from Japan and South Korea has found that a set of neurons called corticobasal ganglia projecting neurons are important for vocal...

Aug 3, 2018 by News Staff

The rainbow of visible colors varies over a continuous range of wavelengths, but small songbirds called zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) break it into...

Jan 10, 2017 by News Staff

According to new research published in the journal Current Biology, a key area of the hummingbird brain processes motion in a unique, unexpected way. The...

Sep 15, 2015 by News Staff

A new study is attempting to answer one of mankind’s oldest questions: why does love exist? A pair of zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) at Bird Kingdom,...

Jun 25, 2014 by News Staff

Researchers have found leptin – a hormone that regulates body fat storage, metabolism and appetite – in the Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus),...