Yong looks at how animals use their senses to perceive the world in a radically ... Umwelt comes from the German word from environment, but it doesn't mean the physical surroundings of a creature.

Greek philosopher and biologist Aristotle had his reasons for concluding that we have only five senses — hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch — but research has since expanded his little ...

Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. And while scientists have long known that these different senses activate ...