"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While we often think of musk as one's natural body scent (so primal!), the meaning has transformed, at ...

Many animals use their scents as a form of communication. Whether it’s to mark their territory, attract a mate, or threaten a predator, scent rituals have helped various types of animals since the ...

Since antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic ...