Animal Navigation: Seabirds Home to a Moving Magnetic Target

Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 20;30(14):R802-R804. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.061.

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.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Argentina
  • Birds*
  • Magnetic Fields*
  • Magnetics