The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...

The anatomy of the brain involves key regions including the brain stem, cerebellum, lobes of the cerebral cortex, and specific glands (the pituitary, for example) needed to maintain life and health.

A brain tumor can be diagnosed using imaging tests that view the structure of the brain, along with a biopsy, which can carefully assess a sample of a suspected brain tumor under a microscope.

She knew, almost immediately, she'd been bitten by a snake. But it was only when she noticed a slither of brown that she felt the pangs of panic. "You always hear they [brown snakes] are the ...

People with a snake phobia might be comforted by the knowledge other UK species, such as the adder, smooth snake and grass snake, usually steer clear of buildings and urban environments.

Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in the actor’s honor, according to an “ongoing study” published in the ...

Instead, they slither — but there's a little more to snake anatomy than how they move. Finely tuned for survival, snakes have specialized anatomy that let them thrive in diverse environments.

Instead, they slither — but there's a little more to snake anatomy than how they move ... The muscles are arranged in segments corresponding to the vertebrae and ribs. Brain: Snakes have a small brain ...