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Photo: Sea turtles, by Claudio Giovenzana, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Navigating Animals, a Gift from Magnetotactic Bacteria

Nowhere do these scientists explain how bacteria invented magnetotaxis and encoded it into their genes. Read More ›
sea turtles
Photo: Sea turtles, by Claudio Giovenzana, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Magnetic Navigation May Be a Gift from Bacteria

New clues to the prevalence of magnetotactic bacteria suggest that diverse animals may employ microbes for help with long-distance navigation. Read More ›

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