From snakes that use their tongues to “smell” to compound bug eyes that overwhelm human sight, visitors to Lake Metroparks’ Penitentiary Glen Reservation on April 18 got a chance to see how animals ...

Dear Daktari, I have a question, do cows have five senses like we do? Why do I ask? Because it will help me know my cows better. Njoroge John Thanks, John, Yes, animals have five senses and probably a ...

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Ed Yong, guest lecturer at the Natural History Museum of Utah, talks about his book, "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us," on Tuesday, March, 12, 2024.

Humans have sharp senses, which we use explore our environment. Vibrations in the air, light, and chemicals in our food and in the air give us the information we need to survive. But some animals have ...

All animals, human and nonhuman alike, experience the world through the perceptive lens of their senses: seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling. But we humans often fail to take in just how different ...

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

Some animals have senses that humans can’t even conceive. With those powers they can do marvelous things. This episode is about those animals: animals with superpowers. '60 Minutes' story held for ...

The world of perception is unique to each organism. Credit: Shutterstock Take a quick moment to think about your surroundings. Tune into your senses, and contemplate what’s happening around you. What ...

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