Homing pigeons rely on a variety of signals to navigate, including magnetism. But it hasn't been clear how they detect magnetic cues. Researchers propose the answer may be found in the birds' livers.

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Pigeons that had been injected with a drug to deplete their special liver cells did not find their way home until the sun came out. Christian Ziegler / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Pigeons ...

BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) - China said on Friday it firmly opposes any attempt by any country to ‌undermine its sovereignty and security "under the pretext of freedom of navigation", in response to a ...

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Homing pigeons don’t rely on gut instinct to return to the roost. But a nearby organ — the liver — might point the way. White blood cells in the birds’ livers accumulate iron and act as an internal ...

Homing pigeon being released by scientist at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany. How pigeons fly hundreds of kilometers and still find their way home has long fascinated people. Now, ...

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 ...

Pigeons and other birds can do it. So can sea turtles and spiny lobsters, moths and mole rats, gray whales and big brown bats. Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of ...

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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 ...

EVENT UPDATE ANNOUNCED SUNDAY: The president of the Larchmont Edgewater Civic League said that “We may start our wreath-laying ceremony a little early just to be safe (11:00 AM instead of 11:15). We ...