A research group has revealed that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear's organ of Corti is vital for hearing. The discovery gives a new insight into how hearing works from the ...

Just as when we humans reach for objects, the hummingbird hawk moth uses its visual sense to place its long proboscis precisely on a flower to search for nectar, according to a study by Konstanz ...

Every organ in the body is made up of a range of cell types that must coordinate their size and shape throughout the lifetime of the animal to maintain correct organ architecture and function. A focus ...

A chicken-size dinosaur that lived in what is now Germany about 150 million years ago might have used sensory scales on its tail as it foraged for fish at night. These sensory organs, remarkably ...

The endocrine system uses chemical messengers called hormones to regulate a range of bodily functions through the release of hormones. The endocrine system is a network of glands and organs located ...

Within minutes of the final heartbeat, a cascade of biochemical events triggered by a lack of blood flow, oxygen, and nutrients begins to destroy a body’s cells and organs. But a team of Yale ...