Introducing premature visual experience by opening the closed eyelids early in ferrets caused many cells in the primary visual cortex to mature improperly.

For a group of researchers in Thailand, not only did they discover a species new to science hiding in dirt burrows, but they discovered something else that is extremely rare in the animal kingdom — a ...

Butterflies exhibit striking differences between males and females, a phenomenon called sexual dimorphism. These variations, ...

Among mammals, females generally live longer. The recent comparative study examined 528 mammal species in zoos and found that ...

Elise Huchard receives funding from CNRS and the French Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR). Nikos Smit does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

College students are showing up with tote bags, wired ear buds and matcha lattes for a chance to win “performative male” contests that have popped up on campuses around the country. The goal in these ...

Biological sex is usually described in simple binary terms: male or female. This works well for germ cells (sperm versus eggs), but for other body organs it is of little help. A new study by the Max ...

A new species of spider, Damarchus inazumasp., has been discovered in the forests of western Thailand, along with an ...

Biological sex is usually described in simple binary terms: male or female. This works well for germ cells (sperm versus eggs), but for other body organs it is of little help. A new study now shows: ...

The Emmy Awards honor those whose performances and contributions to a television series made a huge impact. From comedies to dramas, the annual awards ceremony unites the TV industry. And now that ...

Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two nights. But those ...

An analysis of 10 years of census data by the Australian Population Research Institute shows males who went to public school are less than half as likely to get a degree as a female who went to a ...