Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of Earth’s magnetic field. Relying on a hidden ...

Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, ...

A study suggests pigeons navigate using iron-rich immune cells in their livers that can respond to Earth’s magnetic field.

In the late 1800s, the French naturalist Camille Viguier proposed an idea that would be dismissed and forgotten for more than a century. He speculated that birds and other animals could navigate with ...

The secret of how pigeons can fly hundreds of miles and still find their way home has been solved by scientists.

Homing pigeons rely on iron-loaded immune cells in their livers to sense Earth’s magnetic field, a biological compass system ...

How pigeons fly hundreds of kilometers and still find their way home has long fascinated people. Now, researchers say a surprising answer may be hidden, not in the brain or eyes of birds, but in the ...

At least part of the answer appears to be hiding inside a seemingly random organ. Immune cells inside pigeon livers called ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance when they recognized the signal. After a magnetic pulse briefly disrupted ...

Young turtles "feel" magnetism to navigate, according to new research. Hatchling loggerhead turtles are able to sense the Earth’s magnetic field when using a magnetic "map" during their epic ...

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Immune cells packed with iron act as an "internal compass" — helping the birds detect the Earth's magnetic field.