Every year, the Eurasian blackcap sets off on a journey that can stretch up to 6,000 kilometers. This songbird flies through the night, crossing vast distances in darkness with stunning accuracy. Part ...

Pigeons can sense Earth’s magnetic field by detecting tiny electric currents in their inner ears, a team of researchers suggests. Such an inner compass could help to explain how certain animals can ...

In the late 1800s, the French naturalist Camille Viguier proposed an idea that would be dismissed and forgotten for more than a century. He speculated that birds and other animals could navigate with ...