Aerial Electroreception

Electroreception is the capacity of living organisms to detect the presence of electricity, usually studied in the aquatic environment. Electroreception in air, however, has received much less attention until relatively recently. Understanding how and why aerial electroreception may work requires a multidisciplinary framework, anchored in both the physics of static electricity and the ecology of sensory biology. In essence, the novel challenge arises from the fact that air is a much less conductive medium than water.