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April 23, 2018 12:10 pm PDT
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Study: birds can sense earth's magnetic fields thanks to a fancy eye protein
It's long been known that birds possess magnetoreception, or ability to sense earth's magnetic fields. Now researchers are narrowing down a specific eye protein called Cry4 that appears to allow birds to sense magnetic waves in the presence of blue light. (more…)
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