New University of Colorado Boulder research reveals that the wind itself plays an important role. As an odor travels, turbulent air changes the timing of odor whiffs in systematic ways, creating patterns that may be useful to animals navigating toward an odor source.
The findings are part of the international Odor2Action research network, which brings together an interdisciplinary team of scientists from 16 institutions to tackle a core problem in neuroscience: how animals use odors to guide natural behaviors.
Scent, the great human blind spot. I have been wanting to experience what a wolf, etc knows my whole life. It will not happen for me but this is another clue towards it.