A question about it, One of the fascinating puzzles of biology is how bird navigation works for long flights. Thanks to the work of chemists at the University of Oxford, we are closer to answering this question. Birds can sense the Earth's magnetic field. There are two theories, about it, how they do it. One of them, confirmed by tests on pigeons, it proclaims, that orientation is enabled by miniature magnetized particles located in the beak. The second theory, so far considered pure speculation, has just been confirmed. According to her, navigation is possible thanks to the protein, which birds have in their eyes, responsive to changes in the direction of the magnetic field. Here it is, it was the first time such a protein was created in Oxford. Possible, that birds use both of these mechanisms. It makes, that they find their way to the nest quickly and without error.
Bird's Navigation
