WHEN the ampullæ of Lorenzini were first studied experimentally (see ref. 1), they were considered to be sensitive to mechanical stimuli like the other organs of the acoustico-lateralis system.

That's according to a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances, which found that the material that makes up electricity-sensing shark organs called the ampullae of Lorenzini is ...

One group of sensory organs is the ampullae of Lorenzini, which allows sharks to detect, among other things, the electrical fields created by prey animals. The hammerhead's increased ampullae ...

Sharks, skates, and rays can detect very weak electric fields produced by prey and other animals using an array of unusual organs known as the ampullae of Lorenzini. Exactly how these electrosensory ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we talk about the Ampullae of Lorenzini that allow sharks to detect the electrochemical signals coming from prey. We also cover the fascinating science behind ...

The other has to do with how the hammerhead hunts: The sharks look for prey by rooting around on the ocean bottom with their heads, which are studded with sensory organs called ampullae of ...

Sharks, skates, and rays can detect very weak electric fields produced by prey and other animals using an array of unusual organs known as the ampullae of Lorenzini. Exactly how these electrosensory ...

First described by Stefano Lorenzini in 1678, the ampullae of Lorenzini are visible as small pores in the skin around the head and on the underside of sharks, skates, and rays (known as ...

Sniffing electric fields: ampullae of Lorenzini on a tiger shark's snout. (CC BY-SA/Albert Kok) Scientists in the US have discovered that a jelly-like material found in the skin of sharks and some ...

Sharks, rays and their relatives can detect tiny electric fields, thanks to bulbous organs concentrated near their heads called ampullae of Lorenzini. So researchers developed SharkGuard ...

The little pores known as ampullae of Lorenzini (AoL) that dot the heads and noses of sharks, rays, and skates (collectively known as elasmobranchs) have long been known to be able to detect ...