During animal cell division, a highly synchronized and tightly regulated dance of chromosomes takes place, ensuring the ...

Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this variety is ...

How animals navigate by Earth's magnetic field is hotly debated. New research in pigeons points to iron-laden liver immune ...

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 ...

A surprising gut feeling may help pigeons find their way home. Birds, fish and turtles orient themselves using Earth's ...

At least part of the answer appears to be hiding inside a seemingly random organ. Immune cells inside pigeon livers called ...

Pigeons sense the Earth's magnetic pull via immune cells in their liver, a new study says. Andreas Teichmann, laif/Redux ...

The birds navigate using an internal magnetic compass in their livers. Immune cells in the liver, known as macrophages, are ...

A research team in Germany has published new data on how pigeons use magnetic fields as a navigation method when visibility is limited. A key part of the long-sought answer could lie in an unexpected ...

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A new wildlife survey follows Lewis and Clark's route, 220 years later. And, cell and GPS data show how animals react to ...