physiology

STOCKHOLM—U.S.-born scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling our biological clocks, the award-giving ...

December 31, 2014 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important figures in ...

The common mole, Scalopus aquaticus, can find its prey by smelling which direction it's in, according to a ...

The world's largest fish swim to the surface to warm up, after diving for extended periods at chilly ...

An international team of medical researchers studied the sneezing response at the molecular level to understand the sneeze.

An international research team sent C. elegans samples on board the International Space Station for nine days and ...

A recent study looks into how cheetahs can run at great speeds.

Gouldian finches, Erythrura gouldiae, have red, black, or occasionally yellow heads. They inhabit tropical savanna woodlands, and feed ...

As an adult, Tyrannosaurus rex had the most powerful bite of all terrestrial animals, living or extinct, according ...