The European Animal Research Association's Patient Discovery Project connects researchers with people who have the conditions they study. The learning goes both ways.

Science and society

Public engagement can help cultivate support for animal research

The European Animal Research Association's Patient Discovery Project connects researchers with people who have the conditions they study. The learning goes both ways.

By Kirk Leech

6 November 2026 | 7 min read

Systems neuroscience

By Natalia Mesa

5 November 2026

7 min read

Brain registers spatial location outside hippocampus

A more complex picture of how an animal’s brain tracks its location is starting to emerge.

Systems neuroscience

Brain registers spatial location outside hippocampus

A more complex picture of how an animal’s brain tracks its location is starting to emerge.

By Natalia Mesa

5 November 2026 | 1 min watch

Neuro’s ark

By Sarah DeWeerdt

4 November 2026

7 min read

Illustration of worm on top of a purple rock with neurons in the background.

The three-banded panther worm is rewriting the story of brain evolution

The animal has a brain structure all its own, according to a 2026 preprint. The finding hints that brains could have evolved centralization before regionalization.

Neuro’s ark

The three-banded panther worm is rewriting the story of brain evolution

The animal has a brain structure all its own, according to a 2026 preprint. The finding hints that brains could have evolved centralization before regionalization.

By Sarah DeWeerdt

4 November 2026 | 7 min read