Animals
8 animals that navigate with Earth’s magnetic field when maps cannot help
A compass is useful even when an animal cannot see landmarks, stars or the Sun. Evidence suggests that many species extract directional or positional information from Earth’s magnetic field and combine it with other cues. The mechanisms remain clearer in some animals than others, making magnetoreception both a practical navigation tool and an active scientific […]
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