“The cats spent significantly longer time sniffing unknown odors than the scents of their owner or an empty tube.”

#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#smell
#animalcomnunication
#chemicalcommunication

www.popsci.com/environment/...
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“Experiments revealed that the plant’s odor is a near-perfect chemical match to the distress signals released by injured ants”

#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#mimetism
#mimicry
#chemicalcommunication

www.sciencenews.org/article/flow...
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New Year = New Start! Hello on @bsky.app! I’m looking forward to interesting conversations & will be sharing insights on marine organisms from #microbes to #inverts that use chemistry to talk & interact with each other in different environments!
#chemicalcommunication #EnvironmentalBiochemistry

Too much information: subordinate species disadvantaged by greater release of volatiles from resources
#Insect #Beetle #ChemicalCommunication

doi.org/10.1093/behe...

New research article! 📰

Poissonnier (curiousant.bsky.social),
tomerczaczkes.bsky.social et al. show that workers follow pheromone trails with fidelity, regardless of their foraging context 🐜
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #AntForaging #ChemicalCommunication #AntBehavior #Pheromones

#LiteratureNotice Wang et al. Identification and Expression Profiles of Putative Soluble Chemoreception Proteins from Lasioderma serricorne (#Coleoptera: #Anobiidae) Antennal Transcriptome
doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...
#Beetle #Beetles #WoodwormBeetles #ChemicalCommunication

Sick Ants Flash a Chemical Alarm, Then Workers Finish the Job #Science #Biology #Microbiology #Ants #ChemicalCommunication #EcosystemDynamics

Predator activity and scent cues influence white-tailed deer behavior in a multi-predator landscape
#ChemicalCommunication #Mammal #Fear

doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Risk allocation in a freshwater gastropod
#RiskAllocationHypothesis #ChemicalCommunication #Snail

doi.org/10.1093/behe...