Some people say they can smell insects, while others don't detect any smell from them at all. And even those who do smell bugs often disagree on what a given type of insect smells like. If you don't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ladybugs lay down "trails" of scents to help guide other ladybugs to a meetup spot. Photograph By Javier Torrent/VWPics/Redux It’s ...

Spring has sprung — and in many parts of the world, you can smell it. The air might smell sweeter, with notes of budding florals and pollen. But there are complex parts of the scent, too, more ...

That's not your imagination! That smell has a name, and it's backed by science. The earthy, fresh scent after a rainstorm is called petrichor (pronounced PEH-truh-kor). It comes from a mix of plant ...

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So a scifi/fantasy author I follow on facebook copy/shared how there was some online realization that some people could smell ants. Then they commented how they and their daughter could smell ants, ...