Insects possess remarkably intricate olfactory and chemosensory systems that enable them to detect, discriminate and respond to a vast array of chemical signals in their environment. These systems are ...

New Haven, Conn. — Whereas humans have one receptor on their tongues that can detect all sorts of sweet things, from real sugar to artificial sweeteners like aspartame, insects have many receptors ...

Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches, and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste sweetness because they carry the genetic instructions ...

People have different tastes. It turns out that octopuses, squid and cuttlefish do too. These soft-bodied cephalopods have proteins on suckers along their tentacles that allow them to “taste” by ...