Two new studies offer hope in the fight against malaria, a disease that kills a million people a year. Malaria and other diseases are transmitted by mosquitoes, and the insects can use smell to track humans, even when they're hundreds of meters away. Researchers are working to figure out how mosquitoes pick up smells, and then use this information to stop the pesky insects.
— Read (or listen to) the rest of the story at To Stop A Mosquito, Scientists Follow The Nose at NPR.
The scent of a single chemical can turn peaceful, happy fruit flies into flying fists of fury.
For the first time, scientists have found a rage-inducing pheromone and the neuron that detects it in fruit flies.
— From Pheromone turns fruit flies violent at MSNBC.
Chemical identifiers secreted from the genital glands of lemurs, allow them to avoid incest and also to engage in nepotism. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have identified the smells used by both male and female ring-tailed lemurs to advertize their family ties.
— From Scent signals stop incest in lemurs at Physorg.
Annie Oakley has launched Journeys, a new organic aromatherapy line for horses and riders:
The Journeys™ collection includes three products for use as natural horse training tools to prevent anxiety, calm nerves, and gain focus of the horse. The products all contain a unique Calming Lavender™ fragrance…
Bai Yun is curious, unpredictable, and mischievous. She enjoys anything scented with cloves or pine and men's cologne!
— From Meet the Pandas at the San Diego Zoo, where the the pandas "like to play with enrichment items like piles of ice or sawdust, puzzles made of bamboo with food inside, and different scents like spices". At the moment of this writing, you can watch Bai Yun sleeping in the birthing den on the zoo's Panda Cam. Many thanks to JanJan for the link.