Study Confirms Pigeon Navigation Theory
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Nov. 24, 2004 - Scientists believe they have confirmed theories that homing pigeons are able to carry out their long-range navigational feat thanks to tiny magnetic particles in their upper beaks.
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U.S., Canadian and British scientists have created a new way of determining how extinct species moved that's independent of analyses of limb structure.
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[World News]: Washington, Dec 14 : A new futuristic study by researchers at the University of Stanford is predicting that by the time the next century rolls around, a number of bird species that we take for granted today will become mere pictures in bird
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A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they started flying.
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Scientists in Britain have figured out how insects fly, bringing bee-sized surveillance aircraft a step closer to reality.
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A recent behavioral study demonstrated that animals understand and react to the concept of fairness. In the study, monkeys were given unequal rewards for completing equal tasks.
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NEW YORK  - The brain's response to another  person's body language may help explain why humans are quite  efficient at fleeing from danger, according to researchers.
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The findings add to the debate over whether pigeons and other birds chart their flight paths by using a magnetic sense or by following scent clues in the atmosphere.
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Homing pigeons use the Earth&#39;s magnetic field to navigate their way home over long distances, scientists writing in Nature magazine confirm.
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ANTS use angled signposts, using tiny scent markers, to find their way home or follow the path into the wilderness, according to a study published today.
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It is one of the world&#39;s oldest questions: Why did the chicken cross the road? It might seem like a &#39;poultry&#39; subject to weigh on the minds of hundreds of scientists, but research published yesterday has brought us a little closer to the answer.
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Orangutans, using water and their wits, have emulated a crow in Aesop&#39;s fable which illustrated the saying &quot;Necessity is the mother of invention,&quot; German researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Bird sleep is so mysterious that scientists are considering several answers, all intriguing.
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The sensitivity of a homing pigeon&#39;s beak could provide an answer to the complicated story of how it finds its way home. Scientists have shown for the first time that homing
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The discovery adds weight to the long-held theory that the fish possess an internal compass to guide them over long distances. The University of Hawaii biologists reported in Britain&#39;s Royal Society journal
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Researchers study the ability of chimpanzees to deal with man-made risk, by watching them crossing roads.
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Scientists in Britain have said they have figured out how insects fly, bringing bee-sized surveillance aircraft a step closer to reality.