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Pigeons Rely on the Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate. Now, Researchers May Have Uncovered How They Do It
In the late 1800s, the French naturalist Camille Viguier proposed an idea that would be dismissed and forgotten for more than ...
In 1882, the French Naturalist Camille Viguier was among the first to propose the existence of a magnetic sense. His ...
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Pigeons Navigate Using A Magnetic ‘Sixth Sense’ In Their Inner Ears, Study Suggests
How do pigeons know where they're going while flying across vast distances? Researchers point to their inner ear system.
Pigeons may sense Earth's magnetic field using special cells in the inner ear. This discovery explains how they navigate long ...
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Scientists edge closer to how pigeons read Earth’s magnetism
Pigeons have long stunned scientists with their ability to cross unfamiliar landscapes and still find their way home, even ...
The earliest evidence of an internal ‘GPS’ system in an animal has been identified by researchers, which could help explain how modern birds and fish evolved the ability to use the Earth’s magnetic ...
They observed that the structure of tiny magnetic fields generated by the rotating electrons indicates that the organisms ...
"Every holiday season there is a mass migration of humans towards home and family. We use many tools to help us navigate back to the places we’re from – from ...
Using state-of-the-art microscopy LMU neurobiologists have identified a dedicated neural pathway for processing magnetic ...
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