A new study reveals that mice on calorie-restricted diets lived longest when they lost the least weight, challenging diet assumptions.

When used in an airtight space, the balls slowly give off a strong gas that permeates the air and kills moths, silverfish, ...

A brain circuit made up of three types of neurons may regulate appetite, a mouse study finds. The drive to eat may be ...

A new study highlights how signals from the liver to the brain influence eating patterns tied to our circadian rhythms.

A study found that a simple brain circuit involving BDNF neurons controls jaw movements and eating behavior, acting like a ...

Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...

Silencing them had the opposite effect: the mice began to eat—and eat and eat and eat, wolfing down nearly 1200% more food than they normally would in a short period of time. "When we saw these ...

People who work the nightshift or odd hours and eat at irregular times are more prone to weight gain and diabetes, likely due to eating patterns not timed with natural daylight and when people ...