Fruit Flies Watch the Sky to Stay on Course

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 15:30 in Biology & Nature

New research demonstrates that fruit flies keep their bearings by using the polarization pattern of natural skylight, bolstering the belief that many, if not all, insects have that capability.

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