Diverse animals can detect magnetic fields but little is known about how they do so. Three
main hypotheses of magnetic field perception have been proposed. Electrosensitive marine …

Diverse vertebrate animals can sense the earth's magnetic field, but little is known about the
physiological mechanisms that underlie this sensory ability. Three major hypotheses of …

The cellular basis of the magnetic sense remains an unsolved scientific mystery. One theory
that aims to explain how animals detect the magnetic field is the magnetite hypothesis. It …

Some vertebrates can navigate over long distances using the Earth's magnetic field, but the
sensory system that they use to do so has remained a mystery. Here we describe the key …

The ability to perceive Earth's magnetic field, which at one time was dismissed as a physical
impossibility, is now known to exist in diverse animals. The receptors for the magnetic sense …

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Evolution has equipped life on our planet with an array of extraordinary senses, but perhaps
the least understood is magnetoreception. Despite compelling behavioral evidence that this …

Many animals rely on Earth's magnetic field for spatial orientation and navigation. However,
how the brain receives and interprets magnetic field information is unknown. Support for the …

Magnetoreception is the ability of organisms to perceive magnetic fields in the surrounding
environment and changes in its properties such as field direction, intensity and gradient …

The first demonstrations of magnetic effects on the behaviour of migratory birds and homing
pigeons in laboratory and field experiments, respectively, provided evidence for the …