W hen I was growing up, I used to notice groups of birds with long, slender necks flying in a perfect V-formation high in the sky. These birds were especially noticeable during th ...

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Magnetoreception enables animals to sense magnetic fields, which helps them navigate and orient themselves through the perception of location, direction or altitude. It’s been established that a ...

Imagine you step outside, but instead of pulling out your phone to check Google Maps, a glowing, invisible grid is just ...

New research published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from a team of scientists from Japan reports observations of the first-ever documented biological ...

Magnetoreception—the ability to detect the Earth’s magnetic field—has evolved across diverse taxa, from migratory birds and sea turtles to insects and bacteria. Two principal biophysical models ...

A team of researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Charles University and the Max Planck Research Group Neurobiology of Magnetoreception, has found that Ansell's mole-rats use their eyes to ...

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