Unlocking Nature’s GPS: How Pigeons Use a Magnetic Compass in Their Liver to Navigate Home
Image Credit: burtburdy/123rf.com Researchers at the University of Bonn have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding how homing pigeons navigate using Earth’s magnetic field. A study published in the journal *Science* suggests that the liver, specifically iron-laden macrophages within it, plays a crucial role in magnetoreception, a function previously attributed to other organs such as the…