Plato's account of Atlantis spoke of a "great plain." Like many aspects of the tale, scholars seek a location that fits the ...

This study addresses a novel and interesting question about how the rise of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau influenced patterns of bird migration, employing a multi-faceted approach that combines species ...

The large nerve cord that runs along each octopus arm is divided into segments, allowing for precise movement control and ...

This indicates that the nervous system sets up a spatial, or topographical, map of each sucker. Octopuses can move and change ...

Research suggests that an ancient shoreline helped to sculpt the drop between Mars' southern and northern hemispheres.

Maps of the world come in many shapes and sizes. Navigational and road maps help you get from place to place; topographical and physical maps give you a look at terrain; and thematic maps track ...

Neurobiological emergentism” explains how sentience—the subjective feeling aspects of consciousness—developed in ancient animals that evolved the first complex neural systems.

At one point, they spotted a circular shape in one of their thematic laser images ... A seven-and-one-half minute quadrangle ...

Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at ...

Researchers have discovered an underground aquifer in Oregon's Cascade Range is significantly larger than previously thought ...

To help in the selection process, we asked tattoo experts to share what they foresee as the most popular hand tattoos for ...