Some behaviours that are crucial to survival appear to be hard-wired, meaning that they occur without previous experience. For example, many prey organisms naturally know how to escape to safety from ...

They've barely opened their eyes, but newborn babies already seem to prefer nice behaviors. New research published in Nature Communications reveals that infants just five days old can tell the ...

How does our brain switch between different behaviors? A new study has now provided the first answers to this key question in neuroscience. Using mice, the researchers investigated electrical activity ...

All organisms rely on the immune system to protect them against disease. Unlike mammals, insects lack acquired immunity and rely solely on the innate immune system, which consists of cellular and ...