Pfft! Anyone can navigate with a smartphone… Try a compass! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Many marine animals, like sharks and rays, migrate seasonally. How do they find their way? Bryan Keller and team from Florida State University wondered if sharks use Earth’s magnetic
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Pole Positioning
Help, Siri! I need directions to my house – AGAIN!! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. How did we ever navigate without our GPS friends? But birds ALWAYS find their way home! What’s their secret? Enter Joe Wynn and colleagues at Oxford and University of
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Help, Siri! I need directions to my house – AGAIN!! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. How did we ever navigate without our GPS friends? But birds ALWAYS find their way home! What’s their secret? Enter Joe Wynn and colleagues at Oxford and University of
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Sky of blue, a sea of green . . . but which way’s home? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I can’t even find the grocery store without my GPS! But some sharks migrate loooong distances. How do they plan their route without underwater Google
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