A study of golden retrievers has identified genetic clues that explain why some pooches are more rambunctious, anxious or ...

Knight Initiative scientists tracked every moment of the life of the African turquoise killifish, showing that behavior alone ...

Cancer is caused by faulty genes, but what also shapes a cancer cell's behavior is how a gene's instructions are trimmed and ...

A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already present at least 135,000 years ago.

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic condition marked by uncontrolled hunger and complex behavioral and medical ...

An interdisciplinary research team from two working groups at the Center for Synthetic Biology at TU Darmstadt has developed ...

Cognitive function, behavior, and their links to health outcomes are at the forefront of modern neuroscience research. Recent years have seen significant ...

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean's largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world's ...

Understanding the type of arthritis, its causes, and management options is the first step toward living well with the condition.

Researchers identify a repeat expansion in the GOLGA8A gene as a major genetic driver for a rare, early-onset form of frontotemporal dementia.

A recent study published in the American Journal of Human Biology suggests that a genetic preference for immediate rewards is linked to less education and earlier parenthood. This provides evidence ...

Deep beneath the Balkans, a massive sulfur-fed cave hosts a colony of 111,000 spiders in one shared web, defying typical ...