News about the light-dependent magnetic compass of birds
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 11:01
in Biology & Nature
Birds have a light-dependent compass in their eyes. This compass gives them information about the direction of the Earth's magnetic field. Prof. Roswitha Wiltschko's research group at Goethe University Frankfurt, together with French colleagues, has elucidated how this compass works at the molecular level.