Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

Every five years, they release a new edition of the World Magnetic Model (WMM), a tool used by GPS systems and navigation devices that maps the north magnetic pole. As of the latest revision, released ...

The turtles danced with the most enthusiasm in the tank when they knew they would get food. This was "strong evidence" that ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, as the position of the magnetic North Pole is officially being changed ... meaning the North (and South) Poles are also constantly ...

Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

The Earth’s magnetic north pole has been slowly inching its way across the Arctic for decades, but recently, its path […] The ...

Unlike the geographic North Pole, which marks a fixed location ... discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) south of the true ...

The magnetic north pole, where compass needles point, is about 1,200 miles south and is where geomagnetic ... and drags it with it as well.” The location of the magnetic north pole was first ...