Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.

A study published in Nature provides insight into how the brain processes sensory information from the internal organs. Researchers at Harvard Medical School used high-resolution imaging to identify ...

Just as when we humans reach for objects, the hummingbird hawk moth uses its visual sense to place its long proboscis precisely on a flower to search for nectar, according to a study by Konstanz ...

You may think that we've got a pretty good handle on which organs there are in the body by now, but it turns out that the final count is surprisingly contentious. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet ...

Sensory organs in Annelida are very diverse and may be useful for assessments of morphological adaptation and character evolution. We used several methods to provide new insights into processes ...

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The finding, reported August 5, 2007, in the journal Nature, suggests that the neural circuits that govern gender-specific behaviors, such as aggression and courtship, are similar in the male and ...

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Even though spiders typically sport eight tiny eyes, many of the arachnids can’t see very well. To locate prey or prospective mates, web crawlers instead rely in part on exquisitely sensitive “slit ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Sensory organs are composed of neurons, which convert environmental stimuli to electrical signals, and glia-like cells, whose functions are ...

Evolution has turned out bizarre and baffling creatures, such as walking fish. It only gets weirder from there. Some of these fish not only walk on the seafloor, but use their leg-like appendages to ...

Scientists, led by University of Bristol, have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behavior which could be employed on underwater robots. A Japanese research group has ...