The 3D blueprints display more than two miles of neural wiring, close to 100,000 nerve cells, and about 500 million synapses — all contained in a piece of mouse brain no bigger than a grain of sand.

After nine years of painstaking work, an international team of researchers on Wednesday published a precise map of the vision centers of a mouse brain, revealing the exquisite structures and ...

Chester Zoo has unveiled its newest zone centred around African species, becoming the largest zoo habitat ever created in the UK. The ‘Heart of Africa ’ habitat area spans a 22.5-acre area, and is ...

They grow up so fast. And so big. Hippos, that is. Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to the public at the ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. A neuron extends an axon to make contact with ...

An orca attack on a pygmy blue whale is witnessed by researchers and tourists onboard a whale-watching vessel off the WA coast. It is one of just a handful of documented killer whale attacks on a ...

Don’t leave food lying around This is an important rule when camping with wildlife. Anything that has a scent (food, drinks, toiletries, garbage, etc.) can and will attract animals. Use a lock ...

Scotland’s favourite pygmy hippo calf has been introduced to her dad five months after being welcomed into the family. Haggis has become a visitor favourite at Edinburgh Zoo since she arrived in ...

The discovery of a second headless carcass belonging to an endangered pygmy elephant in the forests of Malaysia’s Sabah has raised alarm over a resurgence of ivory poaching, with ...

Hantaviruses are a family of pathogens spread by rodents, mostly mice, and excreted from their saliva, urine, and droppings. If left untreated, HPS can progress rapidly and result in low blood ...

Here are the food safety inspection reports from Lehigh and Northampton counties, conducted the week of March 16. Each week, we highlight the inspection reports provided through the Pennsylvania ...