Dancing turtles show how animals use magnetic field as a map Dancing turtles have ... to navigate using the magnetic field lines that stretch from Earth's north to south pole.

Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current within the wire. This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate. In the Earth (see ...

Many migratory birds use Earth’s magnetic field as a compass, but some can also use information from that field to determine more or less where they are on a mental map. Eurasian reed warblers ...

The strength of the Earth’s magnetic field ranges between 25,000 and 65,000 nano-Tesla (nT) with values of 31-58,000 nT between the equator and 50 degrees latitude.

the angle at which magnetic field lines intersect the Earth. The turtles use these two pieces of information, which vary at every point on the planet's surface, as navigational markers that help ...

PARIS — Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favorite spots ... are known to navigate using the magnetic field ...