There's something magnetic about a group of people looking in the same direction—others will follow their gazes to see what has caught their attention. But is the same true for animals like pigeons?

The birds might use the organs' iron-rich immune cells as internal compasses on overcast days, when they must rely on Earth’s magnetic field, instead of the sun’s light cues, for navigation ...

Scientists found that homing pigeons may use specialised immune cells in their liver and spleen to detect Earth's magnetic ...

The immune cells are located near nerve fibers in the liver. That might be how they transmit their “magnetic sense” to the ...

Social animals have to make decisions that affect not just themselves, but everyone in the group. For example, when embarking on a journey together, individuals must agree on the route--a difficult ...

The cycling infrastructure in the Netherlands is fantastic, and cyclists in my hometown of Utrecht would have been the happiest in the world if it wasn't for one thing: pigeons. While this research ...

B.F. Skinner is a psychologist best known for the Skinner Box, a kind of sensory-deprivation device which limits the creature inside it to only one form of stimulus at a time. Using one such box, he ...

Pigeon eyes during flight study: Contrary to popular belief, pigeons don't constantly scan the skies while flying. New ...