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

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 ...

Whether you’re a person, a bird, a bug, or a shark (like Jaws, currently celebrating its 50th anniversary), the world is throwing all sorts of information at us all the time. For any organism to be ...

Domestic cats are highly effective predators. Like wild cats, they retain keen senses of sight, hearing, and smell. Several other specialized sensory capabilities favor their success, and survival, as ...

Have you ever felt like your dog had a sixth sense? We know they have outstanding hearing (they’re at our door waiting when we’re a mile away from home) and an unbelievable sense of smell. But they ...

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 ...

Pets, particularly dogs and cats, have much sharper senses than humans. Their heightened ability to detect changes in smell, sound, and behavior often allows them to pick up on things that humans ...