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Iron-packed liver cells in pigeons act like tiny magnetic compasses, a navigation system never seen before in any other animal
Homing pigeons rely on iron-loaded immune cells in their livers to sense Earth’s magnetic field, a biological compass system ...
The team examined several parts of pigeons' bodies, including the eyes, beak, brain, spleen, and liver.
Scientists in Germany have shown that liver macrophages – the white blood cells that destroy pathogens and help clear ...
Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, ...
Scientists may have found pigeons' magnetic compass in their livers, not eyes or beaks The discovery could explain how ...
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