A dark rum and coke is a classic Christmas tipple, but it turns out dark rum also makes for a deliciously sultry scent when ...

Malaria mosquitoes track humans by scent, not random flight, revealing why some people are bitten more at night.

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, ...

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

Lucy Hyde, a lecturer in anatomy at the University of Bristol has turned her attention to the Christmas villain, in a bid to ...

Most people have a preferred way of communication—phone, text, email—but bare-nosed wombats have an unusual way of relaying ...

Structurally, the Grinch’s facial skeleton would blend primate and canine traits: short, broad snout, high cranium and ...

Schwob, a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine whose research focuses on the mechanisms that regulate neural ...

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

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially. An international research team led by Dr. Quentin Martinez and Dr. Eli ...