Shimmering, gelatinous comb jellies wouldn’t appear to have much to hide. But their mostly see-through bodies cloak a nervous system unlike that of any other known animal, researchers report in the ...

The Reset the Table essay series is published weekly, describing today’s challenges to global food security and proposing U.S. government responses. The most important food system lesson from Covid-19 ...

Researchers propose that placozoans, one of the simplest kinds of animals, may contain the blueprint for the neurons of more complex creatures. By Sam Jones For hundreds of millions of years, ...

Animal physiology encompasses the coordinated functions of multiple organ systems that ensure survival, adaptation and homeostasis in diverse species. From the cardiovascular and respiratory systems ...

Microphysiological systems (MPS) are in vitro platforms composed of 3-D constructs (including spheroids, organoids, bioprinted, and tissue/organs-on-chips) of human or animal origin in ...

Scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming. Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of ...

Inhalation exposure studies, in which test subjects are fully or partially immersed in an atmosphere containing a compound of interest, are usually carried out using one of two possible exposure ...