One Health is multi-species health”, Andrea Winkler tells me. “It is about the added value of joint agenda setting when it comes to the consideration of human health, animal health, and health of ...

Giant Squid of the Deep Sea. Image by Jaeyoon Jeong via Unsplash. The giant squid (Architeuthis dux) holds the record for the largest eyes ever measured in the animal kingdom. These deep-sea dwellers ...

Which species has the biggest brain, and is a big brain related to a high IQ?

There are a number of sea animals that operate entirely on instinct, and well-formed nerve networks, even though they lack a central brain.

The brain of the fruit fly is many orders of magnitude more complex and moves scientific understanding of neurobiology closer to a long-imagined goal: a complete map of the neurons in the human brain.

Sponges are among the simplest animals, lacking a nervous system, brain, and digestive system. They filter water to get nutrients. Jellyfish don’t have a brain, but they have a simple nerve net that ...

Giant Brain Study Took Seven Years to Test the Two Biggest Theories of Consciousness. Here’s What Scientists Found Both came up short but the search for human consciousness continues.

Living without a brain might seem impossible, but nature has found fascinating ways to allow certain organisms to thrive without this complex organ that most animals depend on. From the depths of the ...

The animal with the biggest brain is the sperm whale. Their brains can weigh up to 9,000 cubic centimeters (cm3), which is the largest of any animal on Earth ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a cubic millimetre of a mouse’s brain tissue. In a landmark achievement ...

When it comes to intelligence, size isn’t everything! This U.S. animal has the largest brain-to-body ratio, making it one of the most fascinating creatures in the wild. Scientists believe its ...