Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within the Milky Way using a technique called Faraday rotation. It works like ...

Migrating birds use a magnetic map to travel long distances. A new study has shown that migratory birds have mastered a complicated scientific calculation that has baffled humans for millenia.

Now that's animal magnetism: Salmon use magnetic map to travel thousands of miles home. Scientists believe salmon memorise magnetic fields to remember locations ...

Migrating birds use a magnetic map to travel long distances Published: August 17, 2017 12:02pm EDT. Richard Holland, Bangor University. Author. Richard Holland ...

Birds have an impressive ability to navigate. They can fly long distances, to places that they may never have visited before, sometimes returning home after months away. Though there has been a lot of ...