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nora-finch.bsky.social
The Beetle With a Galactic Compass

Experiments showed that some dung beetles use the Milky Way to keep their journey straight.

#NoraFinch #NatureHasQuestions #DungBeetles #MilkyWay #AnimalNavigation
October 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
neuroethology.org
🚨 New paper out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social by Jeschke et al. "Bees exhibit behavioural flexibility to learned visual cues to prevent negative consequences during navigation in clutter" 🐝🧪 #InsectResearch #AnimalNavigation #AssociativeLearning #Cognition
↘️ doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... ↙️
September 24, 2026 at 10:14 AM
cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
Join us in Oldenburg and study the #SensoryBasis 👀👂👃🤚👅🧭, Mechanisms 🧠🧬🧪, and Impacts of #AnimalNavigation in our Cluster of Excellence "NaviSense" as a PhD student 🎓 👇
In case you would like to discuss project ideas related to #insect #navigation, feel free to contact me 🤗 🐜❤️
#NaviSense #CoE #ExStra
sfb1372.bsky.social SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Aug 18
NaviSense, the Cluster of Excellence on Animal Navigation at the University of Oldenburg, is looking for motivated doctoral researchers to join their interdisciplinary team!

Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en

#DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg
August 22, 2026 at 11:15 AM
uhsolutions.bsky.social
Revolutionary Study on Sea Turtle Navigation Revealed - #LoggerheadSeaTurtles #AnimalNavigation #MagneticSignatures #MigratoryBehavior #ConservationEfforts #MarineBiology #EcologicalResearch #EarthsMagneticField #Wildlife #TurtleMigration
Revolutionary Study on Sea Turtle Navigation Revealed
In a groundbreaking study, researchers have uncovered a fascinating aspect of loggerhead sea turtles' navigation abilities. These remarkable creatures possess a unique ability to learn and remember the magnetic signatures of various geographic regions, allowing them to navigate vast distances with astonishing precision. This article delves into the details of this discovery and what it means for our understanding of animal navigation.
ultimatehealingsolutions.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
newsletter-tf.bsky.social
Earth's Magnetic Sense: Unraveling Animal Navigation's Deep Puzzle

New research shows immune cells play a role in how animals sense Earth's magnetic field, changing how we understand animal navigation.

#AnimalNavigation, #Ma...

https://newsletter.tf/immune-cells-help-animals-sense-magnetic-field/
Earth's Magnetic Sense: Unraveling Animal Navigation's Deep Puzzle
New research shows immune cells play a role in how animals sense Earth's magnetic field, changing how we understand animal navigation.
newsletter.tf
July 3, 2026 at 9:41 AM
katrinaphillips.bsky.social
Awesome new paper showing that sea turtles can learn the magnetic field associated with a food source. 💭🍽️🗺️

#AnimalNavigation #MagneticMap #MagneticCompass #AnimalMigration #MovementEcology #SeaTurtles

Come for the cutting-edge science, stay for the 'turtle dance' videos...
February 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
scholarai.bsky.social
Understanding these mechanisms helps us learn how animals navigate vast distances and could inspire new navigation technologies based on natural magnetic sensing. #AnimalNavigation #BirdMigration
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
scholarai.bsky.social
Understanding magnetic navigation could revolutionize ornithology, helping us protect migratory routes and develop biomimetic navigation systems for technology. It might also shed light on animal sensory systems and inspire new innovations in navigation technology. #BirdMigration #AnimalNavigation
September 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
scholarai.bsky.social
Understanding how birds navigate helps us learn about animal navigation and could inspire new navigation technologies. It reveals the complexity and sophistication of animal sensory systems, broadening our view of animal intelligence. #BirdMigration #AnimalNavigation
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
scholarai.bsky.social
Understanding these magnetic navigation skills is crucial because it sheds light on how these animals survive and migrate in changing environments, impacting conservation efforts and our broader knowledge of sensory evolution in reptiles and amphibians. #Herpetology #AnimalNavigation
July 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
handle.invalid
Animals may sense Earth's magnetic field with quantum-level precision!

#QuantumBiology #AnimalNavigation #ScienceBreakthrough
Animal Magnetoreception: A Quantum-Level Navigation System
Recent research suggests that animals may detect Earth's magnetic field with sensitivity approaching quantum limits, revealing groundbreaking insights into biological navigation.
geekoo.news
February 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
neuroethology.org
🚨 New paper out in @nature.com by @sskromne.bsky.social, @guillaumeviejo.bsky.social & @apeyrache.bsky.social on "Months-long stability of the head direction system" #animalnavigation 🧠🐁🗺
↘️ doi.org/10.1038/s415... ↙️
February 12, 2026 at 7:34 AM
pmarques35.bsky.social
[1/6] INSOLITE - Matthias-Claudio Loretto (Univ Vienne) et John Marzluff (Univ Washington) montrent que les corbeaux possèdent des capacités de navigation spatiale très développées. L'étude publiée dans Sciences analyse leurs déplacements à Yellowstone. #geography #animalnavigation #spatialmemory
Capables de cartographier des milliers de kilomètres carrés, les corbeaux ne sont pas les perdreaux de l’année
Une vaste étude publiée par «Science» jeudi montre que les corvidés mobilisent des capacités de navigation et de mémoire spatiale bien plus sophistiquées que ce que pensaient les chercheurs pour profi...
www.liberation.fr
March 14, 2026 at 7:29 AM
roddy-grieves.bsky.social
Short preprint from Soldi et al. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... which I found quite interesting.

Inactivation of dentate gyrus did not impact performance very much in a spatial task with overlapping elements.

#Neuroscience #Hippocampus #BrainResearch #AnimalNavigation
The dentate gyrus provides flexibility for efficient spatial navigation
The hippocampus plays a critical role in spatial navigation and declarative memory. The dentate gyrus is the neurogenic region of the hippocampal formation and it has long been implicated in the fine ...
www.biorxiv.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
roddy-grieves.bsky.social
Interesting commentary onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... on a paper that was published a little while ago (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) which claimed mice were taking shortcuts based on self-motion information alone.

#AnimalNavigation #BehavioralNeuroscience #Shortcutting #AnimalBehavior
Geometry as a Guide: Enclosure Effects on Spatial Mapping (Commentary on Xu et al. 2024)
Geometry, rather than path integration, plays a central role in cognitive map formation. The interaction between grid and place cells relates to geometry coding. Experiments focusing on spatial navig...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
migecol.bsky.social
Congrats to @annikapeter.bsky.social and team for successfully organising this great young researcher symposium on #magnetoreception and #animalnavigation in connection with @sfb1372.bsky.social 🥳
annikapeter.bsky.social Annika Peter @annikapeter.bsky.social · Nov 22
[1/2] Thank you to everyone who joined our Young Researchers Symposium 2025 in Hamburg! In these 3 days, we learned about fascinating day and night science and connected with other early career researchers. It was a pleasure to organize this symposium as part of an amazing team! @sfb1372.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
malkemper-lab.bsky.social
Paper alert - A revolution in circular statistics
We show a new way to analyse circular data (such as times or directions) that supports multiple variables and repeated measurements.

🔗 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Statistics #DataAnalysis #Magnetoreception #AnimalNavigation
Advanced circular statistics in biology: Multiple factors, interactions and repeated measures
Circular data is common across biology and the wider sciences, but presents unique analytical challenges due to their wrapped structure, where endpoints coincide (e.g. 360° = 0°). This requires th...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
dailybloops.bsky.social
🐦 Pigeons can find their way home from hundreds of kilometers away — no GPS, no map, no problem.

#AnimalNavigation #Biology
Pigeons Are GPS Drones
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell on YouTube
www.youtube.com
May 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
jami85in.bsky.social
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?

Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents ...

#AnimalNavigation #InsectScience #MigrationWonders #Nature #Science
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?
Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents used. Their antennae contain a circa
mazingamazingly.blogspot.com
July 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jami85in.bsky.social
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?

Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents ...

#AnimalNavigation #InsectScience #MigrationWonders #Nature #Science
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?
Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents used. Their antennae contain a circa
mazingamazingly.blogspot.com
June 27, 2026 at 8:14 PM
jami85in.bsky.social
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?

Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents ...

#AnimalNavigation #InsectScience #MigrationWonders #Nature #Science
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?
Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents used. Their antennae contain a circa
mazingamazingly.blogspot.com
June 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
jami85in.bsky.social
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?

Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents ...

#AnimalNavigation #InsectScience #MigrationWonders #Nature #Science
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?
Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents used. Their antennae contain a circa
mazingamazingly.blogspot.com
June 21, 2026 at 2:44 PM
jami85in.bsky.social
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?

Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents ...

#AnimalNavigation #InsectScience #MigrationWonders #Nature #Science
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?
Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents used. Their antennae contain a circa
mazingamazingly.blogspot.com
June 21, 2026 at 4:04 AM
jami85in.bsky.social
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?

Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents ...

#AnimalNavigation #InsectScience #MigrationWonders #Nature #Science
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?
Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents used. Their antennae contain a circa
mazingamazingly.blogspot.com
June 21, 2026 at 3:00 AM
jami85in.bsky.social
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?

Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents ...

#AnimalNavigation #InsectScience #MigrationWonders #Nature #Science
How Do Monarch Butterflies Navigate Back to the Same Meadow?
Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 km from Canada to a 56-square-mile forest in Mexico — and return to the same oyamel fir trees their great-great-grandparents used. Their antennae contain a circa
mazingamazingly.blogspot.com
June 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM