Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Mystery Solved: Salmon Navigate Using Magnetic Field

Whoever said you can’t go home again has never met a sockeye salmon, which navigates more than 2,485 miles (4,000 kilometers) to spawn in the same stream in which it hatched. Now, scientists have finally solved how the species accomplishes its navigational feat—the fish uses Earth’s magnetic field to steer itself home....

More: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/salmon-use-magnetic-field/#.USUJB7jcZyw.blogger

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