Smells may help birds find their homes, avoid inbreeding; Research may bring help to endangered species

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

Birds may have a more highly developed sense of smell than researchers previously thought, contend scholars who have found that penguins may use smell to determine if they are related to a potential mate. Smell may help guide them to their homes as well as avoid inbreeding, they say.

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