Scientists monitor the brain activity of black-capped chickadees while they stashed and retrieved seeds to learn more about episodic memory.| Promega Connections
Scientists have finally figured out how to make heads or tails of starfish| Scientific American
Key insights into the genetic patterning of starfish anatomy leads scientists to believe that a starfish is mostly just a head.| Promega Connections
Scientists have discovered something strange happened to starfish over the course of their evolution, and they ended up as heads scampering around the seafloor.| Live Science
Elephants may use name-like vocalizations to identify each other, highlighting their complex cognition and communication skills.| Promega Connections
Recent research reveals that starfish anatomy is even stranger than previously thoughtMost animals in the world are what biologists refer to as “bilateral”—their left and right sides mirror one another. It is also typically easy to tell which part of most animals is the top and which is the bottom. The anatomical arrangements of certain other animals, however, are slightly more confounding, for instance in the case of echinoderms, which include sea urchins, sand dollars and starfish. Th...| Promega Connections
Xylella fastidiosa is a plant pathogen that has devastated crops around the world, including olive groves, grapevines and citrus trees.| Promega Connections