Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) can learn to associate food with the geomagnetic signatures of various oceanic regions, suggesting that they are able to find known foraging areas using an ...

A new study by the University of Cincinnati has found that monarch butterflies have an internal compass for their epic migration that flips when the temperatures plunge. This changing polarity helps ...

Many songbirds use the earth's magnetic field as a guide during their migrations, but radiowaves interfere with this ability. A new study has found an upper bound for the frequency that disrupts the ...

Many migratory birds use Earth’s magnetic field as a compass, but some can also use information from that field to determine more or less where they are on a mental map. Eurasian reed warblers ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Migratory birds in the U.S. struggle to properly navigate when solar storms and other types of ...

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Scientists have known for decades that many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation. It's less clear how they do it. A new study suggests earthworms may be a good way to figure it out.