Animal Navigation: Seabirds Home to a Moving Magnetic Target.

Animal Navigation: Seabirds Home to a Moving Magnetic Target.
Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 20;30(14):R802-R804
Authors: Putman NF
Abstract
Shifts in the return locations of juvenile seabirds migrating from the Irish Sea to Argentina can be accurately predicted by changes in Earth's magnetic field, suggesting that these birds rely on a geomagnetic map for navigation.
PMID: 32693071 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Biology - July 19, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Putman NF Tags: Curr Biol Source Type: research