Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

A magnetic field is invisible, but it can be detected using a magnetic compass ... or the magnetic field of a magnet. place the plotting compass near the magnet on a piece of paper mark the ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetic iron nanominerals, which function as tiny compasses that allow the microbes to navigate using Earth's geomagnetic field. Earth's iron cycle is a very ...