There was an added significance to Kayce's reaction for his human companion Emmy. It was her "first baby" reacting to the ...

From picking up the scent of a potential mate miles away to uncovering an explosive, a dog's nose is always hard at work ...

Of all our senses, smell is probably the least understood. For vision, there are two types of light-sensing receptors in the ...

From picking up the scent of a potential mate miles away to uncovering an explosive, a dog's nose is always hard at work ...

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions yet to come – this time how, by the mid-21st century, ...

What if this difference is due in part to something as simple, and strange, as a smell receptor? A recent paper in Science Advances explores this idea — and is part of a growing body of research ...

In the nasal cavity they bind with odor receptors—and it’s those receptors, of which humans have somewhere between 350 and 400 types, that are the main source of what we perceive as flavor.

So can I eat my noodles if a dog pooped nearby? For the most part, nasty smells are “CAUTION” signs, not the cause of harm.

According to Lawless, synthetic cuttlefish ink compounds could be made and distributed in water to keep sharks away from hazardous places. These include areas with heavy fishing activity or polluted ...

Half of the unprovoked shark attacks in the U.S. last year took place along the Florida coastline, new data shows.