Given that all interactions between an animal and its environment are mediated by
movement, questions of how animals inherit, refine and execute trajectories through space …

Migrating animals perform astonishing seasonal movements by orienting and navigating
over thousands of kilometres with great precision. Many migratory species use cues from the …

Virtual magnetic displacements are used to examine the magnetoreceptive ability of animals
by changing the local magnetic field to emulate one that exists elsewhere. This technique …

The role of inherited orientation programmes in determining the outbound migratory routes
of birds is increasingly well understood, though less is known about the influence of …

The Earth's magnetic field is formed in the outer core, where swirling, molten iron and nickel
create a self-exciting geodynamo driven by thermal convection (for an accessible review …

Many animals use the geomagnetic field to migrate long distances with high accuracy;
however, research has shown that individual responses to magnetic cues can be highly …

Many animals can sense the earth's magnetic field and use it to perform incredible feats of
navigation; however, studying this phenomenon in the lab is difficult because behavioral …

Impressive feats of long-distance animal navigation raise questions relating to the proximate
causes of such behaviours: what mechanisms facilitate long-distance animal navigation …