Ecologists in Finland have discovered that the food hoards pygmy owls collect in nest-boxes for winter rot due to heavy autumn rains and if hoarding has been initiated early

Scientists from the University of Turku have described already 40 new species in 2020 including several insects, spiders and a monitor lizard

Mood changes indicating depression and anxiety are linked to changes in the brain's opioid system already in healthy individuals

Glucocorticoids, a widely used treatment in intensive care, can nearly quadruple the death rate of patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome

Recent longitudinal study shows that exposure to parental smoking in childhood and adolescence is linked to poorer cognitive function in midlife

Researchers have developed a new method for biomarker discovery of urological cancers

Researchers found that high levels of stress hormones correlate with white blood cell ratio in Asian elephants

JNK protein functions as a sensor in nerve cell synapses, triggering the cells to withdraw their synapses when stressed

Preterm babies are more likely to be diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder that causes problems in emotional bonding, social interaction, and expression of emotions

Small, fiercely predatory damselflies catch and eat hundreds of thousands of insects in a small area during a single summer