Smell is a critically important sense for many animals. It may help them hunt ... flightless bird find insects under the soil. Kiwis are nocturnal ground hunters and they do not use their eyes ...

Like this fennec fox, nocturnal behavior makes sense for animals living ... a Jacobson’s organ that can smell chemicals including pheromones. Other nocturnal animals rely on taste and touch ...

The main component of common cuttlefish ink — melanin — strongly sticks to shark smell sensors, possibly explaining why the predators avoid ink.

Do any nocturnal animals share characteristics, even if they are from completely different species? For example, a highly developed sense of smell or hearing?

Biologist Prof. Dr. Tobias Ackels (40) from the University of Bonn will be awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter ...

Do any nocturnal animals share characteristics, even if they are from completely different species? For example, a highly developed sense of smell or hearing?