Monarch butterflies reveal a novel way in which animals sense Earth's magnetic field
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 13:29
in Biology & Nature
Building on prior investigation into the biological mechanisms through which monarch butterflies are able to migrate up to 2,000 miles from eastern North America to a particular forest in Mexico each year, neurobiologists have linked two related photoreceptor proteins found in butterflies to animal navigation using the Earth's magnetic field.