Dogs experience the world primarily through smell. Their noses are built very differently from ours, with specialized anatomy ...

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

Perhaps because we rely so much on the senses of sight and hearing, our sense of smell sometimes takes a back seat in our ...

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

When Gay Talese’s landmark profile, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” appeared in Esquire in April 1966, it marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of journalism. This was the birth of what came to be ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, ...

You know that moment when you step outside and just sense it? Something in the air shifts. The atmosphere feels heavier, ...

As I write this, our house is filled with children and grandchildren. For that, I am deeply thankful. But in the two days ...

Christmas is almost here, and while it is a time of joy and celebration for many, certain aspects of the holiday can have a detrimental impact on our dogs.

Smells are processed in a region of the brain called the olfactory bulb. It has been found that stimulating this bulb with ultrasound can make humans perceive a variety of odors. Lev Chizhov and his ...

Neural circuits produce electrical patterns very early in the brain's development process, even before senses are active.