Magnetic pulses alter salmon’s orientation, suggesting they navigate via magnetite in their tissue

Monday, May 4, 2020 - 08:10 in Astronomy & Space

Researchers in Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences have taken a step closer to solving one of nature’s most remarkable mysteries: How do salmon, when it’s time to spawn, find their way back from distant ocean locations to the stream where they hatched? A new study into the life cycle of salmon, involving magnetic […]

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