Pheromones: Tears For Fears Is Not Just A Bad 1980s Band

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 18:10 in Biology & Nature

Nocturnal animals use their noses to stay alive. Mice, among others, depend on their impressive olfactory powers to sniff out food or avoid danger in the dark, using a streamlined system that sends the sensory cue to neural centers in the brain that need only a few synapses to rapidly initiate instinctive fleeing behavior.  read more

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