The discovery fundamentally changes the understanding of a structure in the avian eye that has been misinterpreted for centuries.

The seized birds include: 5,720 weaver birds, 500 tailor birds, 250 zebra finches, 388 opior wallacea birds, 313 sangihe ...

The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a ...

Biologist Christian Damsgaard (right) began working on the mystery of the missing oxygen when he was a fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS). Shortly afterwards, Professor at Dept ...

It was the 16th loss for the Los Angeles Lakers, and only once have they suffered a single-digit defeat. The downward trend ...

Khaberni - A recent study has shown that red hair pigment may help in filtering toxic compounds from the body, and providing ...

Pūkeko use sound elements to create calls and combine them to create complex call sequences in order to expand the range of ...

Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal ...

A new class of Alzheimer’s drugs has been shown to slow the condition’s progression by removing clumps of protein known as amyloid plaques from the brain. However, few countries have approved use of ...

We've compiled a list of weird animal behaviors we've amassed from the wild world web!