Electroreception, the capacity to detect external underwater electric fields with specialised
receptors, is a phylogenetically widespread sensory modality in fishes and amphibians. In …

Electricity, the interaction between electrically charged objects, is widely known to be
fundamental to the functioning of living systems. However, this appreciation has largely …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A “thrilling”(The New York Times),“dazzling”(The Wall
Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill …

A diverse array of vertebrate species employs the Earth's magnetic field to assist navigation.
Despite compelling behavioral evidence that a magnetic sense exists, the location of the …

In the vertebrate head, the peripheral components of the sensory nervous system are
derived from two embryonic cell populations, the neural crest and cranial sensory placodes …

Elasmobranch fishes, including sharks, rays, and skates, use specialized electrosensory
organs called ampullae of Lorenzini to detect extremely small changes in environmental …

Morphological, physiological, behavioral, and developmental studies of the
mechanosensory lateral line system are used to define sources of morphological and …

Highlights•The active electrosense uses multiple topographic maps of the receptor
array.•Different cellular and circuit properties of the maps shape spatiotemporal tuning.•The …

Central vestibular neurons form identifiable subgroups within the boundaries of classically
outlined octavolateral nuclei in primitive vertebrates that are distinct from those processing …

One of the most remarkable examples of convergent evolution among vertebrates is
illustrated by the independent origins of an active electric sense in South American and …