Homing pigeons injected with clodronate liposomes to deplete their liver macrophages lost their way home on overcast days but ...

Scientists in Germany have shown that liver macrophages – the white blood cells that destroy pathogens and help clear ...

For decades, researchers have known that homing pigeons can return to their loft from ...

Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of Earth’s magnetic field. Relying on a hidden ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over how pigeons and many other animals navigate across vast distances with remarkable ...

Magnetoreception enables animals to sense magnetic fields, which helps them navigate and orient themselves through the perception of location, direction or altitude. It’s been established that a ...