Pigeons sense the Earth's magnetic pull via immune cells in their liver, a new study says. Andreas Teichmann, laif/Redux Pigeons and other birds can do it. So can sea turtles and spiny lobsters, moths ...

Humans might also possess a magnetic sense, but it is subconscious.

The secret of how pigeons can fly hundreds of miles and still find their way home has been solved by scientists.

Some inventions are so simple that it’s hard to improve them. The magnetic compass is a great example — a magnetized needle, a bit of cork, and a bowl of water are all you need to start navigating the ...

Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) can learn to associate food with the geomagnetic signatures of various oceanic regions, suggesting that they are able to find known foraging areas using an ...