Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A research study in Europe says modern dog breeds have brains larger than those of ancient breeds. The team credits the ...

Intelligence has allowed our species to not just survive, but thrive across a range of environments. But new research reveals our advantageous smarts come at a cost: a much greater susceptibility to ...

Modern dogs are not just changing on the outside, with new designer breeds and Instagram-ready coats. A growing body of research suggests their brains are quietly reshaping too, with some regions ...

In a review published in the journal Communications Biology, researchers in the United States of America described the potential role and benefits of externally fermented foods in triggering the ...

What makes us human? According to neurobiologists it is our neocortex. This outer layer of the brain is rich in neurons and lets us do abstract thinking, create art, and speak complex languages. An ...

Neuroscientists have identified a brain network that is nearly two times larger in the brains of people with depression. By analyzing people's brains over an extended period rather than at a single ...

Modern dog breeds haven’t quite caught up to the wolf when it comes to the size of their brains, but that size discrepancy is shrinking. The modern dog’s brain is growing larger, and it could be ...