Tiger pythons are among the most impressive predators in the animal kingdom: They can grow up to six meters long, are ...

This long-term focus on specific prey can have powerful ecological consequences. At Cape Shirreff, Antarctica, in the ...

The Department of Integrative Biology consists of faculty who lead research in three overlapping themes, including comparative animal physiology, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

Animal physiology articles from across Nature Portfolio Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts.

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

Organs-on-a-chip are miniature devices that use human cells to mimic organs. Harvard bioengineer Donald Ingber and colleagues demonstrated that cells configured into a liver-on-a-chip, for ...

Alignment and sequencing errors are a major concern in molecular evolution, and this valuable study represents a welcome improvement for genome-wide scans of positive selection. This new method seems ...

Environmental enrichment (EE) is a key strategy for enhancing animal welfare by promoting adaptive capacities across multiple functional systems, including ...

Abstract and Introduction With aging there are changes in the cardiovascular system, which result in alterations in cardiovascular physiology.

The best sensitive stomach cat food promotes gastrointestinal health with protein, fiber, and omega fatty acids. Our top picks are wet and dry foods.

Radars and lidars are two primary sensor modalities complementing optical cameras in active safety and autonomous driving applications. Radars and lidars operate at dramatically different frequency ...

The state-of-the-art works for the segmentation of brain tumor using the images acquired by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with their performances are analyzed in this comparative study. First, the ...