Scientists say modern life overloads our Stone Age stress systems, driving chronic illness and calling for nature-rich ...

Have dreams of working in the medical or veterinary fields? UW’s human and animal physiology minor might be for you. This program equips students with the skills, education and experience needed to ...

Ultra-endurance athletes can push their bodies to extraordinary extremes, but even they run into a hard biological wall.

Research offers a novel perspective on how vertebrates may regulate flexibility in coping with stress. How we respond to stress has been a source of scientific research since the term was introduced ...

The human body undergoes numerous adaptations when it leaves Earth’s gravity. Researchers are studying how to minimize those physiological changes in astronauts and in people on Earth with similar ...