Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to ...

For decades, satellites have enabled people to peer back at their planet, giving a once unthinkable perspective to what’s going on below. These days, however, these views have become so common most ...

Two types of magnetic senses have been found in many animals, from bacteria to sea turtles. Essentially the creatures use a compass and a map to get around. The compass is formed within cells by tiny ...

Young salmon with no experience of the world, and without any guidance, are able to use the Earth's magnetic field to find locations on the other side of the ocean. Using an inherited magnetic GPS, ...

Young European eels (Anguilla anguilla) are called "glass eels" at that stage because they're transparent except for a dark spine down the middle. Researchers have found that European eels can sense ...

In the context of homing behaviour, an animal capable of true navigation must possess both a positional sense to determine its location and a directional or compass sense to orient in the appropriate ...

A controversial technique has produced detailed maps of the magnetic fields in colossal galaxy clusters. If confirmed, the approach could be used to reveal where cosmic magnetic fields come from. By ...

A man holds elvers, young glass eels, in Portland, Maine, in 2012. Researchers have found that European eels can sense magnetic fields and may use this ability to navigate thousands of miles through ...

Researchers have found that European eels can sense magnetic fields and may use this ability to navigate thousands of miles through the Atlantic Ocean. Eels have always been mysterious animals. More ...