A team of researchers has secured £3 million in funding from the Wellcome Trust to uncover the biological mechanisms behind ...

Human beings like to think we have a “sixth sense” that can warn us of danger ... Research shows, however, that a majority of animals actually have one, at least when it comes to sensing ...

This sixth sense in the platypus is called electrolocation ... Although invisible to us, some animals are able to sense it. In addition to the platypus and other monotremes, sharks, rays, bees ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by this phenomenon, as it suggests that animals may have some sort of “sixth sense” that enables them to detect seismic activity. But how exactly do they ...