Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell that is influenced by external factors such as wind and the type of scent they are tracking. Their olfactory system is so powerful that they can detect even ...

Dogs are capable of using their nose for many tasks: hunting, retrieval, and finding that cookie crumb you dropped beneath the couch. Now we can add “mussel sniffing” to the list. The ...

Fear is obviously an emotion, not a scent, however, some of the physical reactions that happen as a result of fear can create a smell. Let’s get into this. It’s well-documented that animals ...

Dogs can smell stress Dogs have a remarkable ability to sense emotions. According to one study, they can distinguish between clothing samples taken from people when they were stressed and when ...

We know our furry friends are in tune with emotions, so in this segment of The Answer, we're asking if dogs can really smell fear and stress in humans, and how do they act when they do?

Unfortunately the cartoons lied — it isn’t true. But there’s another creature, even smaller, that really does strike fear into the hearts of pachyderms everywhere: the humble honey bee. Since the turn ...

Pet owners often claim that animals can sense their moods. Now scientists have shown that dogs can smell when humans are stressed and it makes them gloomy. Stress triggers a rush of adrenaline ...

Man's stressed friend! Dogs can smell stress in your breath and sweat - and it puts them in a bad mood, study finds. Dogs can detect chemicals in the sweat and breath of stressed-out humans ...

Honeybees have a very good sense of smell. Sharp Photography via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0. Honeybees are often hailed as heroes for pollinating crops that feed the world. But as it ...

Ants, for instance, can be trained to pick out the smell of cancer cells grown in a lab dish. But until now, bees’ abilities haven’t been quite so clear, she says.

The movie “Jerry Maguire” had everyone in 1996 believing that both bees and dogs can smell fear, but can they, really? Ask an expert, and they’ll tell you, bees are one of the most important ...