Fossil skulls reveal how extinct mammals smelled the world, with new research linking olfactory bulb size to gene counts.

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From a dog that 'sees with its nose' to an eagle spotting humans kilometres away, animal senses work in fascinating ways.

We now know how good the sense of smell was in giant sloths, sabre-toothed tigers and other long-lost species.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Scientists have debated the purpose of the ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) produced by rodents since the discovery of these sounds in the 1950s. There’s a wide research consensus ...

Have you ever felt like your dog had a sixth sense? We know they have outstanding hearing (they’re at our door waiting when we’re a mile away from home) and an unbelievable sense of smell. But they ...

NYU biologists identified the unique transcriptional machinery that ants use to choose a single scent receptor out of the 500 ...

How do foraging animals find their food? A new study by New York University researchers shows that lemurs use smell, social cues, and long-term memory to locate hidden fruit—a combination of factors ...

A new study demonstrates that your sense of smell may be more sensitive than previously thought. Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can ...

Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is “on par” with ...