Unlike other insects, desert ants may use polarity of geomagnetic field for navigation

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Dec 6, 2024, 1:45 pm219 pts
Desert ants of the Cataglyphis nodus species use the Earth's magnetic field for spatial orientation, but these tiny insects rely on a different component of the field than other insects, a research team led by Dr. Pauline Fleischmann from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, reports in the journal Current…

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