
A research team in Germany has published new data on how pigeons use magnetic fields as a navigation method when visibility is limited. A key part of the long-sought answer could lie in an unexpected organ, their livers. Day or night, rain or shine, wherever they're released, trained pigeons can find their way home over distances as high as almost 1,000 kilometers (around 600 miles). It's a skill humans have made us… [+5070 chars]
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