Neuroethology

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Researcher examining butterfly in lab.

Finally, a new route for the magnetic-sense field

Researchers have dueled for years over how the magnetic sense works. New data from monarch butterflies could finally help settle the debate.

By Calli McMurray
11 September 2026 | 16 min read

Revealing how crabs make their escape

Houdini-like Neohelice granulata offers a rare opportunity to record intracellularly from awake, behaving animals.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 0 min watch

Discovering how butterflies choose their mate

Heliconius butterflies offer a window into the neural circuits and genes involved in mate color preference.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 0 min watch
Scientists with giant animals: Frog, butterfly, electric fish and a bird.

La biodiversidad de Latinoamérica impulsa avances en comportamiento social y cognición

Horneros, peces eléctricos, ranitas y otra fauna regional ayudan a los neurocientíficos a plantear nuevas preguntas de investigación en el campo.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 2 min read

Descobrindo como as borboletas escolhem seus parceiros

As borboletas do gênero Heliconius permitem investigar os circuitos neurais e os genes envolvidos na preferência pela cor dos parceiros.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 0 min watch
Rufous horneros bird.

Identificando o que torna o canto de uma ave único

As oscinas e as suboscinas, duas linhagens de aves evolutivamente próximas, aprendem e não aprendem a cantar, respectivamente, ajudando os cientistas a desvendar os correlatos neuronais da aprendizagem e da variabilidade vocal.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 4 min read

Revelando como os caranguejos conseguem escapar

Os Neohelice granulata, verdadeiros Houdinis, oferecem uma rara oportunidade de realizar registros intracelulares em animais acordados e em movimento.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 0 min watch
Rufous horneros bird.

Qué hace único al canto de un ave

Los oscinos y los suboscinos son dos linajes de aves evolutivamente cercanos, pero solo uno de ellos aprende a cantar. Esa diferencia les permite a los científicos rastrear las bases neuronales del aprendizaje vocal.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 4 min read
Tree frog climbing.

Cómo los neuropéptidos afectan el canto de la ranita de zarzal

Según una investigación uruguaya, los neuropéptidos modulan el “canto de amor” de la ranita de zarzal.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 3 min read
Rufous horneros bird.

Finding what makes a songbird’s song unique

Oscines and suboscines, two evolutionarily close lineages of birds, do and don’t learn to sing, respectively, helping scientists uncover the neuronal correlates of song learning and variability.

By Natalia Mesa
28 August 2026 | 4 min read

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Sylvia Fogel, reshaping U.S. autism research strategy

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By Brady Huggett
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Nerve fibers from the human graft in mouse brain.

Human brain organoids flourish in emptied mouse cortex

The chimeric mice could help untangle the biology of human brain development or conditions such as autism.

By Brianna Abbott
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What if Hegel were a neuroscientist?

Andrea Gambarotto shares what Hegel and enactivism have in common: an agency-first approach to understanding minds and brains.

By Paul Middlebrooks
16 September 2026 | 1 min read