Military-Funded Research Looks for Secret to GPS-Free Navigation in a Bird’s Eye

July 30th, 2021

Via: Army Times:

Military-funded scientists have isolated a protein present in the eye of a migratory bird that may explain how our feathered friends travel vast distances without a map — and how future soldiers might use that ability to fight without GPS.

By analyzing the migratory European robin, researchers isolated a protein in the bird’s eye and then tested it to learn that the protein can help a bird detect the Earth’s magnetic field and navigate their migration, according to the release.

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