Are you going for a hike? Don’t forget your bottle of ant musk. A new scientific study suggests that some species of ticks—those Lyme Disease-spreading creepy crawlies—are scared off by pheromones ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Jenna from North Carolina had a question about pheromones. She asked, "Do ideal mates really ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Pheromones are elusive yet potent biochemical signals that play ...

Staines, Charles L. 1996. "Pheromone Use Against Pests of Ornamental Plants in the Northeast." In Implementing Pheromone Technology in the Northeast. 49–52.

My friend Marty was absolutely convinced that humans give off pheromones. She swore up and down that one time, on a crowded bus, she accidentally bumped into a stranger and was suddenly, inexplicably, ...