Bettongs have a talent for opening extremely hard seeds, demonstrating how biology adapts to extreme tasks, even in tiny ...

That day is the center of “Impact: The End of the Age of the Dinosaurs,” a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. “There’s no doubt — well, arguably at least — that ...

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American scientists have discovered that hatchling loggerhead turtles feel the Earth’s magnetic field to tell them where they ...

Common moss spores survived nine months bolted to the outside of the International Space Station, paving the way toward space ...

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ANYONE who has lost a beloved pet knows the heartrending grief that brings – and how you would do anything to bring them back ...

Loggerhead hatchlings travel thousands of miles guided by an astonishing built-in navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists trained young turtles to “dance” in response to ...

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to detect the magnetic field when navigating using the magnetic map they are ...

A new study details the loggerheads’ ability to “map” their position by using the Earth’s magnetic field, with possible ...

Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.