Animals display an extraordinary array of structural adaptations that are intimately linked to their functional capacities. From the microscopic organisation of tissues and cells to the macroscopic ...

Bat boxes originally meant to keep the small mammals warm during the winter months could just as easily become their deathbeds during the summer. Researchers from the University of New England did a ...

Spotlighting unique adaptive features, Garland profiles fish, fowl, insects, and mammals whose “special body parts” help them “survive and thrive” just like any other animal that needs “food, air, and ...

Cells expressing PAX8 (nucleus, red) considered podocyte precursors, line the outer Bowman’s capsule. Activated during the low salt-fasting mimicking diet (LS-FMD), the cells migrate and ...