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Pigeons may be navigating with their liver, study suggests
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A new study suggests that homing pigeons may use their livers to navigate by detecting Earth's magnetic field. Researchers found that iron-rich immune cells in the liver are essential for the birds' sense of direction.
Why it matters
This discovery provides a potential solution to a century-old biological mystery regarding how migratory animals orient themselves in the environment.
Pigeons may be navigating with their liver, study suggests
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