For over half a billion years, evolution has sculpted the nervous systems of bilaterian animals, equipping them with ...

The suckers are also packed with sensory receptors that allow the octopus to taste and smell things that they touch—like combining a hand with a tongue and a nose. The researchers believe the ...

The nervous system enables humans to react to their surroundings and to coordinate their behaviour. It comprises millions of neurones and uses electrical impulses to communicate very quickly.

The roundworm C. elegans is a simple animal whose nervous system has exactly 302 neurons. Each of the connections between those neurons has been ...

"Organisms with these sucker-laden appendages that have worm-like movements need the right kind of nervous system," Ragsdale says. "Different cephalopods have come up with a segmental structure, the ...

The nervous system allows us to react to our surroundings very quickly and to coordinate our behavior. It comprises millions of neurones and electrical impulses pass along them very quickly.

This time-lapse video shows the development of the nervous system in a fruit fly embryo as it transitions ... And they share a lot of genes with humans, notably those responsible for establishing the ...