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How Pigeons Find Their Way Home May Finally Be Solved


A study suggests pigeons navigate using iron-rich immune cells in their livers that can respond to Earth’s magnetic field. The findings may solve a decades-old mystery about bird navigation and reveal a surprising new sensory role for the immune system.

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Pigeons May Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field Using Superparamagnetic Immune Cells in Their Livers