Tails aren’t just animal accessories, they usually carry specific functions, but when it comes to rays, their function has ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture ...

Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...

Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead.

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

Different types of neurons include sensory, motor, and interneurons, as well as their structurally based features, which include unipolar, multipolar, bipolar, and pseudo-unipolar neurons. These cells ...

The long structures seen in manta rays and their relatives function as an early warning ... structure contained specialized organs that help sense underwater stimuli, hinting at how other oceanic ...

In their study published in the Proceedings of ... which were in turn connected to a lateral line canal—a line of sensory organs found in amphibians and many types of fish.

Their findings ... associated visceral organs and ascending sensory pathways, all of which contribute to specific functions in coordinated feeding regulation," wrote the researchers.

The brain interprets these sensory cues to ... This allows a person to use their body to interact with their surrounding environment and control their body functions. The nervous system is very ...

People who are missing parts of their intestines or have limited intestinal mobility may require total parenteral nutrition (TPN), a type of nutrition that bypasses the digestive system. The rectum is ...