Scientists around former IMP group leader David Keays (
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social show that
#pigeons detect magnetic fields through their inner ear. Their discovery was now published in the journal
@science.org:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
More:
www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain
How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. Despite extensive behavioral evidence, the neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms responsible for magnetic sensin...
