There’s been a recent increase in interest in products based on pheromones, which are organic compounds that humans and animals naturally produce for communication. These powerful chemicals can ...

Pheromones—chemicals produced by animals—are well-known for influencing the social and sexual behavior of members of the same species. These chemical signals convey vital information, such as ...

Natural pesticides and allelochemicals are used for protection against invasive plants, but when released into the environment they can have both positive and negative effects on plants. This book ...

Scientists from the University of Lincoln in the UK, specializing in animal behavior, have discovered that there are pheromones that promote friendship between dogs and cats. The study was ...

Emily Orofino has over a decade of experience working in beauty. You can find her work on sites such as Harper’s Bazaar, Byrdie, Editorialist, POPSUGAR, & RealSelf. She has also lent her ...

Several patented synthetic pheromones have been developed for use in cats including a feline facial pheromone, a feline appeasing pheromone and a feline inter-digital pheromone (respectively FELIWAY ® ...

The gene that underlies a locus determining complex differences between two social forms of fire ants is a homolog of a moth odorant receptor gene—which bodes well for a better understanding of ...

Subtle chemical signals, or pheromones, have long been known to draw pairs together within the same species, and for a specific reason. In mice, for example, experiments showed that pheromones ...