Now, he and his colleagues show that unconscious mice elicit a suite of behaviors from cage mates that seem to speed recovery ...

When the monkeys were single-celled embryos, scientists had used CRISPR editing tools to silence, or “knock out”, a gene that ...

Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

If one member of a group of mice becomes unconscious, others will come over and help, often using amazing tricks, researchers have found, observing behaviour that recalls human resuscitation measures.

Vision changes are an inevitable part of aging, but why are some more susceptible to age-related eye diseases and why do some individuals experience more severe decline than others?

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens ...