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 ...

Nocturnal animals tend to have proportionally bigger eyes than humans do. They also tend to have pupils that open more widely in low light. So, at the outset, nocturnal eyes gather more light than ...

Animals possess remarkable sensory abilities that far exceed human capabilities, enabling them to thrive in diverse ...

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

It’s an old wives’ tale that’s been passed down due to the nocturnal ... sense, many of these creatures manage to thrive ...

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

The sense of smell is particularly important to many animals, such as mice, in their search for food. But food odor does more than give these animals information about their environment: It also ...

Nocturnal animals tend to have proportionally bigger eyes than humans do. They also tend to have pupils that open more widely in low light. So, at the outset, nocturnal eyes gather more light than ...