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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
15 hours ago

Bat accelerator' unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate

Bats are impressive navigators. Like so many mini submarines equipped with sonar, they deftly navigate dark forests and caves by listening for the echoes of their own calls. But how bats can tell which echo to follow while flitting around in a sea of overlapping and competing signals pinging off the myriad surfaces in their environments has been a mysteryuntil now.
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3 weeks ago

Magnets in their heads: How some animals guide themselves using the Earth's magnetic field

Alpine newts and many other animals detect Earth's magnetic field and use it as a compass and positional map to navigate back to natal sites.
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