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 ...

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.

their ability to orient themselves using Earth’s magnetic field as a compass was completely disrupted. This suggests turtles have one mechanism for detecting their position (the magnetic “map ...

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 ...

Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetic iron nanominerals ... that allows the bacteria to passively align with Earth's geomagnetic field lines in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.