More light shed on how pigeons navigate
Friday, April 27, 2012 - 05:00
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) -- Pigeons are renowned for their ability to find their way home from a release point hundreds of miles away, but scientists have never fully understood how they are able to achieve the feat. Now a new study has shed more light on this perennial puzzle.
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