Q: Can animals really smell fear?A: This one is a question that kind of hinges on the verb you used – smell. Fear is obviously an emotion, not a scent, however, some of the physical reactions that ...

You’re right, snakes have an amazing sense of smell. They can use their tongues to pick up on all kinds of scents in the air. Whenever we smell something in the air, we are actually sniffing tiny ...

Flowers not only smell nice to humans, but also to many insects and birds who help the flowers do a really important job. Let’s imagine that you are a bee or a butterfly. You don’t have a nose on your ...

Q: Why do some dogs seem to have that “doggie smell” while others don’t? A: Get ready to reach for the deodorant container on this one. Turns out animals and humans are pretty similar in the odor ...