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Virginia Tech researchers have demonstrated that migratory birds calibrate their magnetic compass based on polarized light patterns at sunset and sunrise -- solving a 30-year puzzle. Songbirds use ...

“Blind as a bat” goes the saying – but that’s a myth. Small bats have perfectly good eyesight for their size, but they can also call upon “extra senses” which humans can only achieve with technology.

The Panama Canal Authority issued an Advisory reminding masters that, if they elect to calibrate their magnetic compasses while in Panama Canal Waters, they must sign the Authority boarding officer’s ...

The magnetic compass that birds use for orientation is affected by polarized light. The magnetic compass that birds use for orientation is affected by polarised light. This previously unknown ...