Pigeons 'sense magnetic field'
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Homing pigeons use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate their way home over long distances, scientists claim.
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Homing pigeons suddenly lost their navigational ability when magnets were attached to their beaks or if their beaks were anaesthetized, University of North Carolina researcher Cordula Mora found.
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Species in the air and on the ground are in deep trouble, according to two recent studies tallying steep declines in bird and amphibian populations. Scientists are speculating about the causes.
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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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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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Officials investigating the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse are looking at an unlikely culprit: pigeons.
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A biologist investigates claims that animals flourished in the radiated 40-mile-diameter âexclusion zone.â
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Birds may not be renowned for their intelligence but New Caledonian crows have an instinctive ability to make and use tools, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Wood pigeons are flocking to urban areas because of changes in farming, the British Trust for Ornithology says.
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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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MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica  - The first Adelie penguin chicks of the season -- black fluffballs small enough to hold in the hand -- started hatching this month, and the simple fact that there are more of them in the south and fewer of them further north is a sign of global warming, scientists say.
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Some of the flying mammals find their way home by sensing Earth's magnetic field, just like migrating birds, new research suggests.
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Plasma physicists have made an unprecedented measurement in their study of the Earth's magnetic field.
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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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Homing pigeons carry out their long-range navigational feat thanks to tiny magnetic particles in their upper beaks, scientists confirm.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Animal rescue workers have released about 100 birds that were treated for shock and concussions after crashing into an office building's windows last week.  The birds, cedar waxwings, were released Tuesday at the Honeywell wildlife refuge near Irmo.
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Scientists believe they have tracked down the origin of a low-frequency "hum" that emanates from the Earth.