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

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 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 ...

A new study suggests pigeons’ livers contain iron-rich immune cells that act as magnetic sensors, helping the birds detect magnetic field.

Immune cells packed with iron act as an "internal compass" — helping the birds detect the Earth's magnetic field. The post Pigeons navigate using magnetic sensors in their livers appeared first on ...

Physicists have experimentally demonstrated an exotic form of magnetism in a metal that could be useful for realizing future ...

For nearly a century, there were two known kinds of magnets. Ferromagnets are the classic magnets that attract metal and keep pictures stuck to the refrigerator. Antiferromagnets hide their magnetism ...

Pigeons find their way home by using magnetic sensors in their livers, suggests new research. Immune cells packed with iron act as an “internal compass” – helping the birds detect the Earth’s magnetic ...

Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of Earth’s magnetic field. Relying on a hidden ...

Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, ...