Birds get their internal compass from this newly ID’d eye protein
‘Sixth sense’ lets zebra finches and European robins navigate using Earth’s magnetic field
SIXTH SENSE During European robins’ long-range migrations, production of the protein Cry4 increases and that may facilitate the birds’ sense of Earth’s magnetic field.
Henrik Mouritsen
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