Pigeons have long stunned scientists with their ability to cross unfamiliar landscapes and still find their way home, even ...

But, unlike humans, animals that travel long distances must rely on their own senses. And some of them have a long-range ...

They observed that the structure of tiny magnetic fields generated by the rotating electrons indicates that the organisms ...

Every holiday season there is a mass migration of humans towards home and family. We use many tools to help us navigate back ...

The vestibular system, a set of structures in the inner ears that helps with balance, may grant the birds their special ...

A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, from animal navigation to Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed ancient magnetic fossils that suggest the existence of a long-lost creature capable of navigating using Earth’s magnetic field. This revelation ...

Pigeons may sense Earth's magnetic field using special cells in the inner ear. This discovery explains how they navigate long distances.

A NASA fleet has spotted the first magnetic switchback near Earth, a zigzag in the magnetic field at the edge of our planet’s shield. The result shows that twists once seen near the Sun also appear in ...

Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" for an ancient marine creature that used Earth's magnetic field to navigate ...

A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger, according to a decade of measurements. The European Space Agency’s Swarm trio of satellites has found that a weak region in Earth’s ...

Simulations and satellite data reveal that Earth's magnetic field is more complex than scientists had thought. Scientists studying Earth's magnetic field have discovered that its electric heartbeat ...