Researchers at the Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behavior" developed a new mobile camera system, called 3D-SOCS, that ...

Light pollution, or artificial light at night (ALAN), is a widespread phenomenon in areas with dense human populations. Normally, animals use natural external cues, like sunlight and temperature, to ...

Intriguing and incredibly unique, Octopuses are cephalopods with three hearts that pump blue blood throughout their eight ...

"It's funny how it works, I used to get very nervous and a little sick before each game," Bird said. "But once I stepped on the parquet, it was all over with, now it's time to battle." ...

Researchers from the Konstanz-based Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behavior" developed a unique outdoor camera system to measure 3D movements and postures of wild birds.

But, unlike vertebrate organisms, the octopus’s nervous system is also decentralized, with around 350 million neurons, or 66 percent of it, located in its eight arms.

3. Listening to Birdsong The sounds of nature have been shown to calm the human nervous system and help us relax, and there’s something quietly reassuring about birdsong.

Since the Northern Arizona Audubon Society joined a global bird tracking system known as Motus, “bird nerds” across the state have been waiting for the first “hit.” “This is the nerve ...

The connection between breathing and our nervous system represents one of the body’s most remarkable biological relationships. While most autonomic functions—like heart rate, digestion, and ...

Is Inheriting Your Mom's Nervous System a Bad Thing? Not necessarily. "We are more likely to inherit the good and the bad parts of our mother's nervous system," Dr. Jones says.

You Can Thank This Parent For Your Dysregulated Nervous System, Says Biology Don't worry — there are ways to treat a dysregulated nervous system, no matter which parent is responsible.

Those with the nerve intact, on the other hand, quickly oriented themselves and turned northwest, toward their breeding grounds, the team reported this week in PLOS ONE.