Babies show positive responses to the smell of foods they were exposed to in the womb after they are born, according to a new study. The findings, led by Durham University, UK, could have ...

Standing five feet away, I could smell it in the air. Acrid, damp, toe-curling—a memory from my past. The nose is a powerful historian, so it took only a few seconds to place it: the stench of the rat ...

Babies show positive responses to the smell of foods they were exposed to in the womb after they are born, according to a new study. The findings, led by Durham University, UK, could have implications ...

It is nothing new that dogs have a much better nose than humans. A dog's nose has around 300 million olfactory cells, making it 40 times more powerful than that of a human. This is why their special ...

In an age of online shopping and e-readers, A Novel Idea stands as a testament to the enduring appeal of the physical book ...

Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many other great questions in her book, The Bird Watching Answer Book. (For the ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ‘woody,’ ‘spicy,’ and ‘sweet’ scents, revealing details about embalming practices. The ...

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is spewing lava as high as 330 feet in the air in yet another eruption. The ...

O h, you didn’t get an invite to the shark party? Shame, because on the underwater mountains off Ascension Island, it’s ...

Megalodon teeth are the largest shark teeth ever found and have sharp serrated edges. So when these sharks bit marine mammals ...

Tracy Quinn, president of Heal the Bay, assessed the damage from the Palisades Fire, noting hazardous ash and debris ...

Aerial footage shows icebergs in dazzling shades of white and blue floating across the waters of the Nuuk Fjord, near the ...