Researchers used miniature human brains grown in the lab to uncover why certain genetic mutations lead to abnormally small brains. Changes in actin disrupted the orientation of early brain cell ...

It’s a whale of a discovery. Literally. A team of paleontologists and volunteers from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) recently excavated the skull and other fossilized bones of a ...

When most people think of small pets, the classics: hamsters, goldfish, maybe a parakeet. But there’s even more to the world of pint-sized companions. Whether you’re looking for something conversation ...

Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that the evolution of bird species on Hawaiian islands includes an ibis with unusually ...

A unique miniature deer is roaming the hillsides of a southwestern Pennsylvania community. Mindy Mullaney and her husband Caleb, of Washington, have been seeing a small deer they affectionately call ...