#magneticfield — Public Fediverse posts
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🐦🧭 A team at the University of #Bonn found that #pigeons rely on iron-rich #macrophages in their livers to sense #Earth’s magnetic fields.
When researchers deactivated these #cells, the #birds lost their way on overcast days – but navigated fine under sunny skies, confirming a backup magnetic system that kicks in when visual cues aren’t available.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/how-pigeons-exploit-magnetic-fields-for-navigation/
#navigation #science #biology #liver #biodiversity #zoology #germany #animals #magneticfield #research