Pigeons and other birds can do it. So can sea turtles and spiny lobsters, moths and mole rats, gray whales and big brown bats. Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of ...

Scientists discovered microscopic magnetic particles in most bee species examined. This finding suggests a widespread ...

What was iron doing at life's birth? : life without oxygen -- Catastrophe : the arrival of oxygen -- Grabbing and storing : controlling iron -- The smallest living magnets : avoiding oxygen -- ...