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Homing pigeons may use a surprising navigation mechanism

Homing pigeons may use a surprising navigation mechanism

How animals navigate by Earth's magnetic field is hotly debated. New research in pigeons points to iron-laden liver immune cells as the compass.

By releasing homing pigeons with disabled magnetic immune cells, researchers tested whether the birds needed these cells to find their way back to the roost.

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