DEAR READERS: Thanks to the work of ethologists and other biological scientists, we are learning more about the cognitive abilities and remarkable senses of various animal species. A 2011 article by ...

Biologist Patrick Aryee and physicist Helen Czerski go beyond the limits of human perception to explore the extraordinary and surprising world of animal senses.

In 1949, a long-lost letter from Albert Einstein to engineer Glyn Davys revealed the renowned physicist’s musings on the possibility of animals having super senses. Over 70 years later, we now know ...

Amphibians take the idea of chemical sensing in a different direction. Amphibians can breathe and drink through their skin, which also excretes toxins to defend them from predators as well as well as ...

Explore the extraordinary sensory capabilities of animals that surpass human abilities. From the hidden organs that perceive time to the adaptive traits evolved over millennia, delve into fascinating ...

Dogs help humans in many tasks, but their original role in hunter-gatherer societies was as a sensory aid in finding prey animals. Newly found sensory abilities include heat mapping by the nose, as ...

Mammals, primates and birds; animals have evolved powerful senses to perceive their environment; these developed senses can turn mechanical waves, airborne particles, and photons into information that ...