Category: Navigation

Does the world’s tiniest GPS go in a brain of an insect?

How can insects with their tiny brains navigate over large distances? Do they have a built-in GPS in the form of a magnetic sense? Eric Warrant, Professor of Sensory Biology at Lund University, studies the ability of small insects to navigate with the help of the Earth’s magnetic field. Eric...

Fascinating navigation in sea turtles and albatrosses

The long-distance navigation undertaken by sea turtles and albatrosses is one of the animal world’s most fascinating navigational feats. First-time migrators are presumed to rely on a genetic programme inherited from their parents, whereas older animals seem to use various sensorial abilities supplemented with information gathered during their journey. In...