electroreception

Researchers have known for decades that certain fish make use of specialized electrosensory cells, but the precise mechanism of these cells was a mystery until now. 

Forget what you learned about humans having five senses. That goes double for non-human animals.

From detecting gravity and the Earth’s magnetic field to feeling heat and the movement of water around them, animals can do more than just see, smell, touch, taste, and hear.

Animals’ diverse sensory abilities will guide a technology-based revolution that gives humans perception beyond our natural senses.

Animals have receptors for feeling gravity, fluid flow, heat, and electric and magnetic fields.

Watch scenes from research at the University of South Florida's Mote Marine Laboratory, where scientists saw what happened when they knocked out sharks' electroreception.

Tiny hairs may enable the insects to detect floral electric fields, according to a study.

Researchers help define the limits of electroreception in a weakly electric fish, showing that this sense may be more akin to touch than vision.

Like many fish and amphibians, the Guiana dolphin can sense low levels of electrical activity in the water—an ability not previously reported in true mammals.