(Henry Ry/Pexels) If you're feeling itchy, it's probably a warning sign from your body that something alien is on your skin.

Some animals perceive the world through senses so refined they border on supernatural, detecting seismic waves through their ...

Scientist from the Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery (CIBD) of the Natural History Museum in Berlin, from the ZUSE-Institute Berlin and from the RWTH Aachen University have discovered a ...

Researchers at the Michael Sars Centre at the University of Bergen have produced the first complete 3D reconstruction of the comb jelly’s aboral organ, a small sensory structure long dismissed as ...

A study published in Nature provides insight into how the brain processes sensory information from the internal organs. Researchers at Harvard Medical School used high-resolution imaging to identify ...

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

Research from Case Western Reserve University indicates sensory organs on the backs of flies not only provide information crucial to body rotation and flight maneuvers, but are essential to some ...

Scientists uncover how zebrafish switch between cell division and direct differentiation to rebuild sensory organs, challenging long-held views on tissue regeneration. Study: Stem and progenitor cell ...

It’s not everyday that you find a new organ in the body of not one, but three different groups of insects. That is, unless you’re the team of scientists who very recently discovered a sensory organ ...

A synthetic biosensor that mimics properties found in cell membranes and provides an electronic readout of activity could lead to a better understanding of cell biology, development of new drugs, and ...

Most of us think little of why we feel pleasantly full after eating a big holiday meal, why we start to cough after accidentally inhaling campfire smoke, or why we are hit with sudden nausea after ...