During brain development, neurons extend long processes called axons. Axons link different areas of the brain and carry ...

Quick Take Boulenger’s backpack frog females carry fertilized eggs in a dorsal pouch, providing protection and moisture. Embryos undergo direct development, emerging as fully formed froglets without a ...

A far-reaching education bill that requires students to learn about “human embryological and fetal development,” mandates ...

We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

The architecture of the body is not encoded as a formal blueprint; rather, it's the tightly orchestrated activation and ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in the body.

A deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil.

One of the Space Coast’s most beloved winter traditions returns in January as the 35th Annual Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival.

Standards make everyday life run smoothly. You rarely notice them: the credit card that works in any corner of the world, the Wi-Fi signal that connects a remote village to the cloud, or the vaccine ...