Smells may help birds find their homes, avoid inbreeding; Research may bring help to endangered species
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
Birds may have a more highly developed sense of smell than researchers previously thought, contend scholars who have found that penguins may use smell to determine if they are related to a potential mate. Smell may help guide them to their homes as well as avoid inbreeding, they say.